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824045

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences: EU Countries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to enable UK citizens who are resident in another EU member state and who have exchanged their UK driving licence for a licence in that state to exchange their current licence for a UK licence on the same conditions as their original UK licence.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL4786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>UK citizens living in an EU Member State who have exchanged their driving licence in that country can apply for a UK licence if they return to the UK. Provided they meet requirements including residency and medical standards, they can be granted a licence with the same entitlements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 30/01/2018 13:35:33 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

824046

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been a reduction in road traffic deaths in the first year of operation of a 20mph limit in those London boroughs that have reduced their speed limit from 30mph.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL4787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on road traffic deaths in London boroughs is not collected by the Department for Transport in the form requested, because the Department does not hold information on which London boroughs have implemented 20mph limits, nor when the limits were installed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not conducted any specific research into levels of pollution produced by a new 20mph limit in the relevant London boroughs. The air quality plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the Greater London Urban Area published in July 2017 provides details of measured nitrogen dioxide concentrations in London between 2001 and 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL4788 question first answered 30/01/2018 13:37:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

824047

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken any research into the level of pollution produced by a new 20mph limit in the London boroughs that have reduced the speed limit from 30mph; and, if so, what that research shows.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL4788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on road traffic deaths in London boroughs is not collected by the Department for Transport in the form requested, because the Department does not hold information on which London boroughs have implemented 20mph limits, nor when the limits were installed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not conducted any specific research into levels of pollution produced by a new 20mph limit in the relevant London boroughs. The air quality plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the Greater London Urban Area published in July 2017 provides details of measured nitrogen dioxide concentrations in London between 2001 and 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL4787 question first answered 30/01/2018 13:37:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

824038

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support and resources will be provided to maintained schools, free schools and academies to ensure that they are able to comply fully with the General Data Protection Regulation rules when those rules come into force in May.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL4780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is working with a small network of school sector representatives to identify the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) related topics that schools face. These then form the basis of communications setting out GDPR preparation support within the context and language of the education sector.</p><p> </p><p>In July, the former Secretary of State the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) announced an additional £1.3 billion for schools over the next two years, so that total funding for the core schools budget will rise from almost £41 billion this year to £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will mean that overall schools’ funding will be protected, in real terms per pupil, over the next two years. The introduction of the national funding formula, means that for the first time that total will be distributed based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country. It is for each school to determine the use of the resources available to it, in order to raise the attainment of all its pupils, and to meet all its statutory responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 16:49:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

824039

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Care Leavers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that care leavers' entitlement to a local authority bursary when attending university is extended to care leavers undertaking an apprenticeship.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL4781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Care leavers do not generally have access to the family support networks that benefit other young people. It is therefore important that local and central government provide additional support to care leavers in their role as corporate parents. The cross-government care leaver strategy - ‘Keep on Caring’ (see attached), sets out the additional support the state provides to help care leavers achieve better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to distinguish between higher education and apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are paid jobs with training, allowing apprentices to earn while they learn. Apprentices are not required to pay for their training or assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The government is creating an apprenticeship system that is available to a wide range of people, including those with experience of care. As we continue to reform the apprenticeships system we will keep our funding for apprentices with additional needs under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 17:00:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf title Keep On Caring
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

824042

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prevent grammar schools opening annexes within another local authority area; and if so, what plans they have to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL4784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The legislative ban on opening new grammar schools remains in place, however, the law allows the expansion of existing schools.</p><p> </p><p>Grammar schools, like all other types of schools, are able to propose an expansion of their school site. Any proposal to expand onto a satellite site in another local authority area, would need to demonstrate that it would be a genuine expansion and would not constitute a new school.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 16:22:38 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

824043

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prevent grammar schools opening within local authorities where grammar schools do not currently exist; and if so, what plans they have to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL4785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Current legislation prohibits the establishment of new grammar schools, so it would not be possible for a grammar school to open in a local authority where grammar schools do not exist.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 16:15:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

824021

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Guidance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they propose taking forward their policy paper Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The government published the Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents on 4 December 2017. The strategy sets out a long term plan to build the best careers system, that will help young people and adults choose the right path for them. This will give all people the best possible start to move into a job or training that enables them – whatever their background or wherever they live – to have a fulfilling life.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the strategy, officials have continued discussions regarding the delivery of the proposals with stakeholders and delivery partners, including The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>Progress has already been made, with the publication of the revised statutory guidance for schools, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ (attached). This sets out how schools can meet the Gatsby benchmarks, a standard of excellence that government is adopting. The revised guidance also explains the new statutory duty on schools, to allow providers access to pupils to inform them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. Revised guidance for colleges will be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 17:44:25 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4765 Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

824024

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools currently use Gatsby Benchmarks to improve their careers provision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold the number of schools that use the Gatsby Benchmarks. However, The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company’s ‘State of the Nation’ report (attached) highlighted the results of over 500 schools that self-evaluated their careers provision against the Gatsby Benchmarks. Around half of these schools were achieving at least two of the eight benchmarks, although a fifth of schools were not achieving any of the benchmarks.</p><p>The government published the attached ‘Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents’ on 4 December 2017. As we set out in the strategy, schools and colleges will continue to be responsible for making sure that their students can access independent careers guidance. We will use the eight benchmarks of good careers guidance, developed by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, to set a standard of excellence for schools and colleges to follow. To support this, we have asked The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to take on a more ambitious role by coordinating support for schools and colleges across all the Gatsby Benchmarks.</p><p>The careers strategy and our updated statutory guidance for schools both promote Compass, a free online tool for schools to evaluate and monitor improvements in their careers provision against the benchmarks.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name State of a Nation.pdf title State of a Nation 2 file name Careers Strategy.pdf title Careers Strategy question first answered 30/01/2018 17:39:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

824019

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what plans they have to increase funding for promoting campaigns to encourage students in overseas countries to study in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL4763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The <a href="https://study-uk.britishcouncil.org/" target="_blank">Study UK: Discover You</a> (“Study UK”) campaign led by the British Council, aims to promote UK higher education, attract the brightest and best students to choose the UK and support UK universities in their international objectives. Study UK is a core component of the government’s GREAT Britain campaign (“GREAT”), which showcases the very best of what our whole nation has to offer in order to encourage the world to visit, study and do business with the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Study UK uses digital and face to face activity in key markets to promote the quality and distinctiveness of the UK education offer in the highly competitive international market for globally mobile students. The campaign also promotes the success of international alumni of British universities in their countries and promotes other forms of UK study – for instance, by encouraging international students to study online courses provided by UK universities.</p><p> </p><p>Activity to encouraged overseas students to study UK courses on the online FutureLearn platform led to over 100,000 extra enrolments by overseas students on MOOCs (“Massive Open Online Courses”) provided by UK universities in 2016/17. Students enrolled from 124 different countries. This year, the programme has driven more than 60,000 such new enrolments to date.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 30/01/2018 14:57:09 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth