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803723

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date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	902864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>A new phase of our communications campaign starts in early 2018 to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities. This will build on the National Apprenticeship Service’s ongoing communications activity to increase awareness and benefits of apprenticeships among employers and learners.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be holding National Apprenticeships Week from 5 – 9 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In November, I launched the Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Network in Birmingham, a group of past and current apprentices whose remit is to help grow and expand the apprenticeship programme by reaching out to young people and providing them information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2017 17:42:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

803728

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support the opening of more faith schools.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	902862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>I am a strong supporter of Church and faith schools, they are high performing, popular with parents and make an excellent contribution to our education system. Through the free schools programme we have supported the creation of 71 new state-funded Church and faith schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/12/2017 18:51:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 28798 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

803729

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support local authorities to meet the cost of providing school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	902863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We are providing high needs funding of £5.84 billion to local authorities this year, rising to £5.97 billion next year, to help local councils support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>Earlier this year we gave local councils £23 million to support a strategic review of their special provision, and have allocated £215 million of capital funding to enable local councils to create more places for those with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/12/2017 17:39:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

803730

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that more students from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	902866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>There are already record numbers of disadvantaged English 18 years olds benefitting from full-time higher education, and universities expect to spend over £860 million in 2018/19 on measures to improve the access and success of disadvantaged students, up from £404 million in 2009, through their access agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold universities to account for their records on access and retention.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 17:44:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

804202

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Adam Smith International
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Department for International Development aid has been channelled through Adam Smith International in Syria to consultants outside Syria; and what assessment they have made of reports by BBC Panorama and The Times that those sums have been used to resource jihadists and Al Nusra, or have been lost through corruption.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2017/2018, DFID funded two Adam Smith International (ASI) programmes under the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund – the Taallum initiative (which supported teaching and management staff to improve the delivery of education services), and the Assistance Coordination Unit (which conducted needs assessments and improved the coordination of aid in opposition-held areas in Syria). The total cost of these programmes was £1,167,613. This includes a mix of long and short term consultants both inside and outside Syria, of which, to ensure the security of staff, we cannot provide a breakdown.</p><p> </p><p>Given the seriousness of the allegations made by Panorama, which were also reported in the Times, the FCO suspended all ASI projects in Syria for contracts that it holds. Now having investigated these allegations, we are clear that the UK Government has not been involved in any wrongdoing. The allegations made by Panorama were either untrue or unfounded, misleading, or refer to incidents that we were aware of but took appropriate action on at the time.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2017 12:02:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

804203

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Department for International Development aid has been made directly available to support religious minorities and victims of genocide in Syria in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of DFID spending in Syria for the last five years which includes the current financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£133.6m</p></td><td><p>£151.6m</p></td><td><p>£193.2m</p></td><td><p>£209.3m</p></td><td><p>£99.9m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>UK aid is distributed on the basis of need and need alone. We prioritise reaching the most vulnerable people, who include religious minorities and those at risk of persecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/12/2017 17:28:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

804204

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	Asim Omer
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 31 October (HL2092), what further representations they have made to the government of Sudan about the case of Asim Omer, following the ruling of the Khartoum Court of Appeals of 5 December to uphold the death sentence against him.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In a meeting on 5 December, the day of the ruling by the Khartoum Court of Appeals, our Ambassador raised with the Foreign Ministry our concerns about the case of Asim Omer, and made clear our strong opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2017 15:42:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

804205

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	North Korea: Refugees
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 5 December (HL3335), whether they were aware that a four-year-old child was among the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of some reports to this effect from international non-governmental organisations and open source media. The British Government is clear that, under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, China should regard North Koreans fleeing the DPRK as refugees rather than economic migrants. As such, we expect China to observe the fundamental principle that refugees should not be returned to a country where they may be subject to persecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2017 15:37:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

804206

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	North Korea: Human Rights
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 5 December (HL3335), whether they accept the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry that (1) North Korea is a state "without parallel", (2) more than 100,000 people are in gulags, and (3) repatriation of refugees invariably results in them being sent to gulags.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The British Government remains extremely concerned by the appalling human rights situation in the DPRK as outlined in the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) report. We have repeatedly made clear our serious concerns about the regime's treatment of its people, both directly to the DPRK government and through multilateral fora.</p><p>We have consistently called on the DPRK to allow independent inspections of the humanitarian situation. On 11 December, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, Matthew Rycroft, echoed this call during a speech to the UN Security Council meeting on human rights in the DPRK. The speech also referenced the regime's refusal to act on the COI's findings.</p><p>We agree unequivocally with the recommendation of Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, that the DPRK should refrain from using any form of punishment or retaliation against people who are forcibly repatriated.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2017 15:39:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

804207

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	North Korea: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they accept the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1) that North Koreans who are deemed to be opponents of the State are routinely sent to gulags, become slave labour, are subjected to forced abortions, torture and execution, and (2) that repatriation of refugees invariably results in them being sent to gulags.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The British Government remains extremely concerned by the appalling human rights situation in the DPRK as outlined in the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) report. We have repeatedly made clear our serious concerns about the regime's treatment of its people, both directly to the DPRK government and through multilateral fora.</p><p>We have consistently called on the DPRK to allow independent inspections of the humanitarian situation. On 11 December, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, Matthew Rycroft, echoed this call during a speech to the UN Security Council meeting on human rights in the DPRK. The speech also referenced the regime's refusal to act on the COI's findings.</p><p>We agree unequivocally with the recommendation of Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, that the DPRK should refrain from using any form of punishment or retaliation against people who are forcibly repatriated.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2017 15:34:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool