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1567025

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about drone corridors.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL4803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567026

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Country Land and Business Association, (2) the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, and (3) other relevant countryside bodies, about drone corridors.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567027

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on Project Skyway.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4804 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567029

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with aviation bodies about drone corridors.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL4807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4804 HL4805 HL4806 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

825271

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms for each year to 2050 before the sales of student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year the Department for Education will produce an estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms. We will also produce an estimate of the value of the income contingent student loan book in nominal terms, for each year to 2050, before the sales of student loans.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 31/01/2018 17:45:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

825272

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms for each year to 2050 after the sales of student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year the Department for Education will produce an estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms. We will also produce an estimate of the value of the income contingent student loan book in nominal terms, for each year to 2050, before the sales of student loans.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 31/01/2018 17:45:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

825274

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the value of the income contingent student loan book in nominal terms for each year to 2050 after the sales of student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL4807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year the Department for Education will produce an estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms. We will also produce an estimate of the value of the income contingent student loan book in nominal terms, for each year to 2050, before the sales of student loans.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4805 HL4806 question first answered 31/01/2018 17:45:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

675732

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to local authorities regarding the training required to ensure that local authority staff properly implement the policies of the <i>Armed forces covenant for communities</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL4807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The conclusions and recommendations of the report “Our Community – Our Covenant” are available at the following address <a href="http://www.fim-trust.org/%20reports/" target="_blank">http://www.fim-trust.org/ reports/</a> and include practical guidance, a tool kit and a self-assessment section, which have been commended to Local Authorities across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>A cross-Government Action Plan is currently being drafted to promote and assess progress. This is being supported by Covenant Funding available to Local Authorities who wish to adopt new processes or initiatives in support of the Covenant. This includes building on existing good practice; in Warwickshire, for example, an IT training package on the Covenant and how it applies to that community is in the process of being launched.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4806 question first answered 30/01/2017 16:23:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

178654

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no target or key performance indicators have been set for the collection of child maintenance arrears.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:53 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178655

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what factors have changed since they announced in June 2010 that a target would be set for the collection of child maintenance arrears.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:59 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope