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533439

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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	NATO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many postgraduate students in England applied for Professional Career Development Loans to study (1) applied art and design, (2) art and design, (3) drama, (4) media, film or TV, (5) music, (6) dance, (7) performing arts, and (8) design and technology, in (a) 2009–10, (b) 2010–11, (c) 2011–12, (d) 2012–13, (e) 2013–14, (f) 2014–15, and (g) 2015–16; how many of those applications were successful; and what was the average loan given in each instance.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL1020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Professional and Career Development Loans are open to UK citizens who seek financial support for a wide range of tertiary education provision.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, nearly 7/10 of the typical 7000-8000 loans per year have been taken out by those participating in postgraduate study. Nearly 90% of loans are taken out by residents of England.</p><p> </p><p>It has not been possible to split applied art and design from art and design. Categorisation is a result of the government’s interpretation of the course title. The following table illustrates the number of recipients studying certain postgraduate provision and the average loan value.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2009-10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011-12</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></tr><tr><td><p>Art and Design</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>£6,712</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>£6,989</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>£7,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dance</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£7,350</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£6,766</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£8,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design &amp; Tech</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>£6,369</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>£7,226</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>£7,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drama</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>£7,144</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>£6,722</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£6,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media, Film or TV</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>£7,345</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>£7,023</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>£7,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>£7,058</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>£7,726</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>£7,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Performing Arts</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£7,010</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>£6,229</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>£7,728</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014-15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015-16</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><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art and Design</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>£7,703</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>£7,970</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>£7,921</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>£7,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dance</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>£7,687</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>£7,253</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>£7,471</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£8,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design &amp; Tech</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>£8,242</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>£7,585</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>£7,602</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>£7,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drama</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£8,360</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>£7,026</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>£7,873</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>£8,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media, Film or TV</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>£7,746</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>£8,153</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>£7,887</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>£7,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>£8,074</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>£8,173</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>£8,442</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>£8,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Performing Arts</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>£8,356</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>£8,122</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>£8,386</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£8,098</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/07/2016 15:02:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

533440

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pool Re
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 27 June (HL649), how many unaccompanied refugee children have reached the UK so far this year from (1) Europe, (2) the Middle East, and (3) elsewhere, for family reunion or otherwise for resettlement.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>In the year ending March 2016 the UK received 3,206 asylum applications from unaccompanied children who had reached the UK.</p><p>We continue to fulfil our obligations under the Dublin Regulation to unaccompanied children who qualify for transfer to the UK under family reunification provisions. Since January 2016 our records show that over 60 children have been transferred from other EU countries to the UK.</p><p>In addtion, the government continues to implement the Immigration Act 2016, including the provision to transfer unaccompained refugee children to the UK from elswhere in Europe. We are consulting local authorities as required and are also working closely with relevant Member States and other partners such as UNHCR, UNICEF and Save the Children.</p><p>We are working with UNHCR on our Children at Risk Resettlement Scheme to resettle vulnerable children, both unaccompanied and with their family members from the Middle East and North Africa region. We have committed to resettling several hundred individuals in the first year.</p><p>Information on the number of unaccompanied children granted under refugee family reunion provisions in the Immigration Rules is not captured in our data and would require a manual review. This information cannot therefore be provided without exceeding proportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2016 13:05:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

533441

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the resources available for the development of UK policies towards the UN, the UN Security Council, UN operational agencies, and international financial institutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews resources devoted to supporting policy development on key multilateral institutions, including the UN and international financial institutions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/07/2016 15:53:02 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

533442

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Marine Protected Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policy priority they now intend to accord to the Council of Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK continues to be an active member of the Council of Europe. We value its role in the rules based international system, which helps nations work together to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/07/2016 14:55:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

533443

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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	Insulation: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to preserve and enhance the international character and international standing of British universities and their research.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to ensure that the UK continues to play a leading role in European and international research and innovation. It is promoting the international success of UK universities through bilateral engagement with overseas partners, the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign which has education and science pillars, and through the Chevening and Commonwealth scholarship schemes.</p><p> </p><p>For example, in November 2015, the Indian and UK Prime Ministers jointly announced the ‘2016 UK-India Year of Education, Research and Innovation’. This was immediately followed by a major education visit to India, including 28 vice-chancellors to increase higher education partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>Programmes such as the UK China Partners in Education programme and the UK India Education Research Initiative bring long term international collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>Our international research is being enhanced through the Government’s Newton Fund, a £735 million UK investment matched by partner countries, linking our universities with researchers in 16 major emerging economies. Our Global Challenge Research Fund, £1.5 billion and Ross Fund, £1bn., support universities engaging in global challenges including health, agritech and water research.</p><p> </p><p>British universities have a world-class reputation for both education and research. Globally the UK has four universities in the top ten and ten in the top fifty in the QS rankings, a 10% share of the international student recruitment market, and 15.9% per cent of the world’s most highly-cited research articles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2016 13:57:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

533444

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Insulation: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support humanitarian and human rights organisations that seek the ability to cross the border at Semalka between Iraqi Kurdistan and Northern Syria in order to provide humanitarian aid.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>DFID currently funds a number of NGO partners who use the Semalka border crossing to provide humanitarian aid –health, food, livelihoods, and protection programmes – to people in parts of northern Syria. In general, access across the border is negotiated by agencies themselves.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/07/2016 13:46:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

533445

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to ensure that aid convoys are permitted and facilitated, and that humanitarian workers, journalists, and staff of relief and aid organisations are permitted entry into the region of Northern Syria and Rojava.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK has raised the issue with the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Presidential Office, and strongly encouraged the free movement of humanitarian aid. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and to do all we can to ensure the provision of humanitarian access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/07/2016 13:47:59 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

533446

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Kurdistan Regional Government in the light of reports of the recent closure of the Kurdish Women’s Relations Office in Erbil, and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of the recent closure of the Kurdish Women’s Relations Office, also known as REPAK. Our Consulate-General in Erbil raised this issue with the Kurdistan Regional government (KRG) through the Head of Asayish (part of the Kurdish Internal Security Services), General Esmat Argooshi, and the KRG Prime Minister’s Private Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>We have also discussed the matter with the Human Rights Office at the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). UNAMI have engaged with the Kurdistan Regional government’s Department of Foreign Relations, who said that they would monitor the situation. We are encouraging the Kurdistan Regional Government to respect the legal rights of all legally registered Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and we support UNAMI’s efforts to promote the legal rights of NGOs operating in Iraq.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/07/2016 15:13:00 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

533447

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
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 Scotland Malawi Partnership's statement that it has lost confidence in the handling of visa applications for Malawi citizens visiting Scotland; and what steps they plan to take in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL1028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office has an established dialogue with the Scotland Malawi Partnership, and UK Visas and Immigration have been in direct correspondence with them in relation to the specific issues raised in their recent statement.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2016 13:06:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

533448

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies are in place to ensure that refugees face no barriers to assimilation within the education system.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The government is wholly committed to ensuring that refugees who are resettled in the UK receive appropriate support and have a positive experience while they remain in the UK. Children with refugee or humanitarian protection status have access to the education system in the same way as citizen children.</p><p>A key factor in the successful integration of children from overseas into UK schools is their access to English language provision. Local authorities can include an ‘English as an additional language’ (EAL) factor in their funding formulae. Funding allocated through this factor forms part of the school’s core budget and it is for school leaders to determine how best to use their whole budget so that all children can reach their full potential.</p><p>Schools will need to demonstrate to Ofsted that any special educational needs of refugee children, as with all other children, are addressed satisfactorily.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/07/2016 16:52:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey