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968806

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date	05/09/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 18 July (HL Deb, Col 1259), when they intend to provide a written reply about abortion and abortion services in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL10090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>I have recently written to the Noble Lord on these matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/09/2018 10:52:19 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

968807

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 Local Government Association’s conclusion that only a small number of eligible teenagers take part in the National Citizen Service; whether they plan to reallocate their youth service funding in the light of this; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>To date, around 485,000 young people have taken part in NCS, and during the time period in which they were eligible to participate in NCS, 16% of the cohort who enter Year 13 this September will have done NCS, or 1 in 6 of the eligible population.</p><p> </p><p>Consecutive, independent evaluations have demonstrated the positive impacts that NCS delivers both to its participants and their communities. Government money spent on NCS supports not only the programme but also the organisations it partners with which include over 100 local councils, schools and sports clubs, of which 50 are charities and social enterprises primarily from the youth sector.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are primarily responsible for allocating public funding to youth services in their area. We believe they are best placed to know what their communities require.</p><p> </p><p>However, Government recognises the transformational impact open access youth work can have especially for young people facing multiple barriers of disadvantage, that is why we have invested £40m in The Youth Investment Fund to boost open access youth services in 6 disadvantaged areas and expect over 300,000 young people to benefit. This is one of a number of Government programmes designed to enable young people to develop skills and participate in their communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:09:49 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968808

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional resources to support bus services in England so that some of the routes stopped since 2010 can be restored.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The bus market in England is deregulated. Any decision to cut bus routes lies with the commercial operator. In 2016/17 £2.21 billion was provided by the Government to support bus services in England. This support includes local authority payments for supported services, and £250 million of Bus Service Operators Grant payments with £43m of this being paid directly to local authorities to run services that are socially necessary. In 2017 the Government also introduced the Bus Services Act, providing a number of tools to help improve bus services for passengers, and are working with a number of interested local authorities to determine which of the powers provided in the Act are best able to support bus networks in their local areas.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 13:13:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968809

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will assess the impact of the £2 million funding scheme to help disadvantaged children to benefit from healthy meals and enriching activities during the summer of 2018 to determine (1) whether the funding benefited a range of disadvantaged families, (2) whether there was any shortfall in the funding required to support the pilot projects, and (3) how the pilot will inform planning for similar enrichment programmes in future school holiday periods.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year, we announced a programme of research and pilots across the country to investigate how to provide a balanced enrichment programme, combining engaging activities with healthy and nutritious meals, for the most disadvantaged school-age pupils.</p><p>Organisations were invited to bid for a share of up to £2 million. Seven of them were successful in securing funding to explore ways of supporting children from disadvantaged families to access free enrichment activities and healthy food during the school holidays.</p><p>The seven organisations that received funding for 2018 will report to the department on the impact of their work as well as on the number of disadvantaged children and families that have benefitted. The data and information collected during the summer will be used to shape our plans for 2019, which we will set out later in autumn 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/09/2018 08:47:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968810

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what formula they use to determine the funding to be provided for integration initiatives in areas with higher levels of migration.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Funding for integration initiatives supported through the Controlling Migration Fund and the Integrated Communities Innovation Fund is in response to the case made by the areas themselves about local need. Local need also informs the priorities set by the five Integration Areas named in the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/09/2018 13:07:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968811

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any correlation between the reductions in youth services provision and police numbers and the levels of gun and knife crime in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published a new Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The strategy outlines an ambitious programme and is based on evidence about the trends and drivers of serious violence and analysis of what works in terms of interventions. Our analysis clearly points to a range of factors driving increases in serious violence including improvements in police recording, but changes in the drugs market is a key driver of recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>Our multi agency approach means that the strategy is not solely focused on law enforcement, but depends also on partnerships across a number of sectors such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others. In particular, the strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence.</p><p>The Strategy sets out 61 commitments including:</p><ul><li>A new Early Intervention Youth Fund, this has been doubled from £11 million to £22 million and was launched by the Home Secretary on 30 July.</li><li>A new round of the (anti-knife crime) Community Fund in 2018/19. Due to the number and quality of bids submitted, and as part of the Government’s commitment to early intervention and prevention to tackle serious violence, the funding available has been increased from £1 million to over £1.5 million. We announced the successful 68 bids on 2 August.</li><li>A new £3.6m National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to tackle violent and exploitative criminal activity associated with county lines.</li><li>A new Offensive Weapons Bill to strengthen legislation on firearms, knives and corrosive substances.</li></ul><p>We have also established a Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, to oversee delivery of the strategy and this group has met three times since April.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:33:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968812

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
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 increase in the number of children in care; and how they will ensure that sufficient funding is in place to support the provision of care places.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government wants every child to be in a stable, loving home that is right for them. One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system, is that children are best looked after within their families, but that is not always possible. As a last resort, local authorities may apply to the independent courts for a decision about removing a child from his or her family – for the child’s safety.</p><p>We regularly monitor and assess the number of children that come into contact with our child protection system and recognise that the number of children in care has risen. That is why, we are working across government to ensure that local authorities and the courts have the resources they need.</p><p>The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including children’s services. In addition, we are improving children’s social care through our £200 million Innovation Programme. This aims to help local authorities learn from what works in order to design services that are as efficient and effective as possible. A number of local authorities implementing these programmes have successfully reduced the number of children in their care. We are also working to set up the new What Works Centre, to build evidence to help improve outcomes for vulnerable children, including a focus on reducing the number of children in care.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/09/2018 11:04:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968813

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the road network between Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL10097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Assessment of road connections between Oxford and Cambridge is contained within the published Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stage 3 Report.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the Government has committed to improving the road links within this corridor, and to filling the missing link in the Strategic Road Network between Oxford and Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>It has announced the central corridor as the preferred choice. The Department is now working out detailed route options within the corridor, and is currently on track to have it open to traffic by 2030 as planned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:05:12 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

968814

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East West Rail Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the railway network between Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL10098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The East West Rail programme will significantly improve rail connectivity in the Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford corridor whilst unlocking substantial housing potential and economic growth. Government is committed to delivering the programme by the mid 2020’s.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 13:16:31 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

968815

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
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 social and economic benefits to the Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford corridor of improved transport links between them.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL10099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the Government backed the National Infrastructure Commission’s vision for significant economic growth across the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, supported by up to 1 million new homes by 2050. The Government recognises improved transport links are critical to this, and is committed to improving both the road and rail infrastructure in the area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 14:09:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten