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753296

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date	18/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate for 2017–18; how many staff it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many staff it employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate currently employs thirteen members of staff and has a budget of £750,000 for the financial year 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the number of staff employed by EAS in the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Full Time Equivalent Staff as of the 1st April for each year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2 (supported by an Administrative Officer)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2017 13:32:45 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

753297

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the HMRC budget for national minimum wage enforcement for 2017–18; how many staff are expected to be employed by HMRC in national minimum wage enforcement in 2017–18; and how many staff were employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has more than trebled annual funding of minimum wage enforcement since 2014, providing a total budget of £25.3m in 2017-18. As at 1 April 2017, there were 399 staff in post in HMRC’s NMW teams. HMRC are 90% staffed against current recruitment plans for the year.</p><p> </p><p>For the previous 5 years NMW staff figures I refer the honourable member to UIN 58599 and UIN 16938.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/07/2017 10:03:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

753298

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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 is the budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for 2017–18; how many staff it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many staff it employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) for 2017/18 is published in the Supply Estimates and comprises £6,090,000 Resource and £680,000 Capital.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA expects to employ an average of 107 full time equivalent staff during 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of full time equivalent staff employed by the GLAA and its predecessor, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, in each of the last five years is set out in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Average Full Time Equivalent Staff by financial year</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:13:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

753299

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for the Health and Safety Executive for 2017–18; how many inspectors it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many inspectors it employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HSE’s net budget for 2017-18 is £136 million (which includes planned expenditure of £232 million, offset by planned income of £96 million).</p><p> </p><p>During 2017-18 we are seeking to maintain inspector numbers at or around the level as at 31 March 2017 which is stated below, along with the four previous years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of HSE inspectors at 31 March</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,051</p></td><td><p>1,038</p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/07/2017 11:12:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

541202

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Missiles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the in-service date for the UK Trident Mark 4A nuclear warhead; what are the estimated costs of the Mark 4A programme; and what progress has been made to date in delivering that programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL1365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>I am withholding details of the date of the Mk 4A's component's entry into service, progress to date and the cost of the programme, for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/07/2016 13:15:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

541203

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Warhead Capability Sustainment Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what new arrangements they plan to introduce for the delivery of the Nuclear Warhead Capability Sustainment Programme, and when those arrangements will enter into force.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL1366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Baroness to the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon) on 21 April 2016 (HCWS689). The contract between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Atomic Weapons Establishment Management Limited (AWEML) has been reviewed. As a result of the review, the MOD has greater control over the programme, while ensuring that AWE continues to deliver value for money for the taxpayer. The contract between the MOD and AWEML also provides the opportunity for higher performance incentives, as well as reductions if targets are not met. These arrangements are now in force.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/07/2016 13:15:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 21 April 2016, HCWS689.docx title Atomic Weapons Establishment Contract.
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

541204

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the current anticipated outturn costs and in-service dates for (1) Project Mensa, and (2) Project Pegasus, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL1367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>The anticipated outturn costs cannot be provided. The current approved costs and in-service dates for Project Mensa and Project Pegasus are shown below.</p><p> </p><p>In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Main Gate business cases for Projects Mensa and Pegasus include estimates for risk and uncertainty, which are contained within the approved costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-service period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approved cost (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Mensa (warhead assembly/disassembly)</p></td><td><p>2016-20</p></td><td><p>734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Pegasus (uranium components)</p></td><td><p>2016-20</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1368 question first answered 27/07/2016 13:43:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

541205

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much contingency funding has been allocated for (1) Project Mensa, and (2) Project Pegasus, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL1368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>The anticipated outturn costs cannot be provided. The current approved costs and in-service dates for Project Mensa and Project Pegasus are shown below.</p><p> </p><p>In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Main Gate business cases for Projects Mensa and Pegasus include estimates for risk and uncertainty, which are contained within the approved costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-service period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approved cost (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Mensa (warhead assembly/disassembly)</p></td><td><p>2016-20</p></td><td><p>734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Pegasus (uranium components)</p></td><td><p>2016-20</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1367 question first answered 27/07/2016 13:43:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

521807

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which modern foreign languages could be studied at (1) GCSE, and (2) A-level, in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>Full historical data about all qualifications (including GCSEs and A levels in modern foreign languages) and the respective dates when they were available to pupils across England are attached and available at ‘Section 96 – Qualifications’ on the Department’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) maintains a register of current, withdrawn and expired regulated qualifications and their operational start and end dates. The register includes qualifications available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is available at Ofqual’s ‘Register of Regulated Qualifications’ on their website.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/06/2016 12:17:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL373_Section_96_Qualifications.xls title Section 96 - Qualifications
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

521808

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Fire Regulations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals (1) took, and (2) passed, a modern foreign language at (a) GCSE, and (b) A-level, in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of entries in modern foreign language GCSEs and A Levels in England and the number for which a pass grade was achieved for 2006/07 to 2014/15 inclusive is provided in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of GCSE entries in modern foreign languages by pupils at the end of key stage 4 (thousands)</p></td><td><p>370.3</p></td><td><p>345.0</p></td><td><p>327.5</p></td><td><p>317.1</p></td><td><p>309.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of GCSE entries in modern foreign languages where a pass grade of A* to G was achieved (thousands)</p></td><td><p>367.2</p></td><td><p>342.6</p></td><td><p>325.4</p></td><td><p>315.2</p></td><td><p>307.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011[1]</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014[2]</p></td><td><p>2015[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of GCSE entries in modern foreign languages by pupils at the end of key stage 4 (thousands)</p></td><td><p>282.0</p></td><td><p>277.5</p></td><td><p>330.3</p></td><td><p>332.5</p></td><td><p>316.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of GCSE entries in modern foreign languages where a pass grade of A* to G was achieved (thousands)</p></td><td><p>280.2</p></td><td><p>276.1</p></td><td><p>328.5</p></td><td><p>330.6</p></td><td><p>314.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Key stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of A level entries in modern foreign languages by pupils at the end of key stage 5 (thousands)</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td><td><p>29.4</p></td><td><p>29.5</p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of A Level entries in modern foreign languages where a pass grade of A* to E[4] was achieved (thousands)</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>29.3</p></td><td><p>29.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015[5]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of A level entries in modern foreign languages by pupils at the end of key stage 5 (thousands)</p></td><td><p>29.2</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td><td><p>26.5</p></td><td><p>27.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of A Level entries in modern foreign languages where a pass grade of A* to E[6] was achieved (thousands)</p></td><td><p>29.0</p></td><td><p>28.2</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>26.3</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p> </p><p>[1] Prior to 2010/11, no discounting was applied and all entries and achievements were included. From 2010/11, discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance.</p><p>[2] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate. Consequently, the numbers supplied prior to 2013/14 are not comparable with those from 2013/14 onwards.</p><p>[3] In 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, was extended to all subjects.</p><p>[4] The A* grade was introduced in 2009/10, prior to that only grades A to E existed as pass grades.</p><p>[5] 2015 figures are based on revised data. Figures for all other years are final.</p><p>[6] The A* grade was introduced in 2009/10, prior to that only grades A to E existed as pass grades.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/06/2016 12:48:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly