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829551

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date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have taken place between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and Social Care concerning the provision of adequate healthcare in prisons following recent reports.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care, and their agencies, work in close partnership to oversee the commissioning and delivery of healthcare in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The National Partnership Agreement for the collaborative commissioning and delivery of healthcare services in prisons in England enables joint working and discussions between departments for the effective oversight of prison healthcare services. This agreement between the Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, NHS England and Public Health England, sets out the shared strategic intent and joint commitments in the commissioning, enabling and delivery of healthcare services in adult prisons. The current agreement is subject to review and an updated version will be published in April 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/02/2018 16:42:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

829552

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prisons: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage local authorities with responsibility for scrutinising health services to exercise that function in relation to the provision of health care within custodial institutions in their area.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Health and Wellbeing Boards bring together local authorities, the National Health Service and other partners to agree local priorities. They carry out Joint Strategic Needs Assessments which consider the needs of offenders. The Government is not proposing to involve itself in this local priority setting.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/02/2018 16:55:04 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

829555

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women currently in prison were resident in Greater Manchester at the time of receiving a custodial sentence.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL5059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Of the female prison population held in prisons in England and Wales on 31 December 2017 there were 171 who had a recorded origin address in Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>Around 97% of prisoners have an origin location - i.e. addresses that are recorded in our central IT system. If no address is given, an offender’s committal court address is used as a proxy for the area in which they are resident. Those with no recorded origin are typically foreign nationals or those recently received into custody. No address has been recorded and no court information is available for around 3% of all offenders. If there are any, these figures will have been excluded from the data.</p><p> </p><p>The numerical information provided has been drawn from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system are subject to possible error with data entry and processing.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/02/2018 16:50:35 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

829556

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are developing plans to avoid increases in regulated train fares.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>This Government expects that rail costs to be sustainable and value for money. We are expecting industry to develop credible plans to tackle inflationary cost pressures, and deliver the efficiencies needed so that any fare increases are sustainable and in-line with the cost of living. Fares revenue is crucial to funding day-to-day railway operations and the extensive upgrade programme the industry is delivering, all of which benefit passengers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/02/2018 11:20:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

829558

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which sectors are included within the definition of STEM used to inform the Careers guidance and access for education and training providers guidance published by the Department for Education in January.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL5061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy puts employers at the heart of a high-quality careers programme for young people. We are asking every school and college to use the Gatsby benchmarks that define all the elements of excellent careers provision, including encounters with employers and employees and experiences of workplaces. They will be measured against these benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ (attached), published in January 2018, sets out how schools meet the Gatsby benchmarks. We will shortly publish equivalent guidance for colleges. The guidance documents include an expectation that each school and college offer every young person at least one encounter with an employer each year from years 7 to 13. Due to the growing demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills, particularly in sectors such as engineering, construction and manufacturing, this should include encounters with STEM employers. Rather than defining STEM in a particular way, our statutory guidance sets out that schools should give pupils access to a broad range of STEM employers. We want employers of all sizes, and from all sectors, to offer encounters that inspire people and provide information regarding the skills that employers need. We have also placed a new legal duty on schools to ensure there are sufficient opportunities for young people to hear directly from providers of technical education qualifications and apprenticeships. This will ensure that young people learn about the alternatives to academic and school-based routes, leading to better-informed choices.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance outlines that schools and colleges should begin to work towards meeting the benchmarks by the end of 2020. Schools can assess how their support compares against the benchmarks by using Compass, an online self-assessment tool developed by The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The CEC will publish a report annually, based on data gathered from the Compass tool, showing what progress schools and colleges have made in meeting the Gatsby benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted will continue to hold schools and colleges to account for the quality of careers provision. Matters relating to careers guidance contribute to judgements under three of the four areas in the school inspection handbook, and all four areas of the further education and skills inspection handbook. Through its training and communications with inspectors, Ofsted continues to remind inspectors of the importance of careers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL5062 HL5063 HL5064 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:45:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

829559

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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 they will monitor whether education providers are fulfilling their requirement to ensure that every young person has an encounter with an employer in each academic year from year 7 to year 13.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL5062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy puts employers at the heart of a high-quality careers programme for young people. We are asking every school and college to use the Gatsby benchmarks that define all the elements of excellent careers provision, including encounters with employers and employees and experiences of workplaces. They will be measured against these benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ (attached), published in January 2018, sets out how schools meet the Gatsby benchmarks. We will shortly publish equivalent guidance for colleges. The guidance documents include an expectation that each school and college offer every young person at least one encounter with an employer each year from years 7 to 13. Due to the growing demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills, particularly in sectors such as engineering, construction and manufacturing, this should include encounters with STEM employers. Rather than defining STEM in a particular way, our statutory guidance sets out that schools should give pupils access to a broad range of STEM employers. We want employers of all sizes, and from all sectors, to offer encounters that inspire people and provide information regarding the skills that employers need. We have also placed a new legal duty on schools to ensure there are sufficient opportunities for young people to hear directly from providers of technical education qualifications and apprenticeships. This will ensure that young people learn about the alternatives to academic and school-based routes, leading to better-informed choices.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance outlines that schools and colleges should begin to work towards meeting the benchmarks by the end of 2020. Schools can assess how their support compares against the benchmarks by using Compass, an online self-assessment tool developed by The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The CEC will publish a report annually, based on data gathered from the Compass tool, showing what progress schools and colleges have made in meeting the Gatsby benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted will continue to hold schools and colleges to account for the quality of careers provision. Matters relating to careers guidance contribute to judgements under three of the four areas in the school inspection handbook, and all four areas of the further education and skills inspection handbook. Through its training and communications with inspectors, Ofsted continues to remind inspectors of the importance of careers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL5061 HL5063 HL5064 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:45:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

829560

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will monitor whether education providers are fulfilling their requirement to ensure that every young person has at least one encounter with a STEM employer between the academic years of year 7 to year 13.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL5063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy puts employers at the heart of a high-quality careers programme for young people. We are asking every school and college to use the Gatsby benchmarks that define all the elements of excellent careers provision, including encounters with employers and employees and experiences of workplaces. They will be measured against these benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ (attached), published in January 2018, sets out how schools meet the Gatsby benchmarks. We will shortly publish equivalent guidance for colleges. The guidance documents include an expectation that each school and college offer every young person at least one encounter with an employer each year from years 7 to 13. Due to the growing demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills, particularly in sectors such as engineering, construction and manufacturing, this should include encounters with STEM employers. Rather than defining STEM in a particular way, our statutory guidance sets out that schools should give pupils access to a broad range of STEM employers. We want employers of all sizes, and from all sectors, to offer encounters that inspire people and provide information regarding the skills that employers need. We have also placed a new legal duty on schools to ensure there are sufficient opportunities for young people to hear directly from providers of technical education qualifications and apprenticeships. This will ensure that young people learn about the alternatives to academic and school-based routes, leading to better-informed choices.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance outlines that schools and colleges should begin to work towards meeting the benchmarks by the end of 2020. Schools can assess how their support compares against the benchmarks by using Compass, an online self-assessment tool developed by The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The CEC will publish a report annually, based on data gathered from the Compass tool, showing what progress schools and colleges have made in meeting the Gatsby benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted will continue to hold schools and colleges to account for the quality of careers provision. Matters relating to careers guidance contribute to judgements under three of the four areas in the school inspection handbook, and all four areas of the further education and skills inspection handbook. Through its training and communications with inspectors, Ofsted continues to remind inspectors of the importance of careers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL5061 HL5062 HL5064 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:45:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

829561

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will monitor whether education providers are fulfilling their requirement to ensure that every young person has a STEM-focused careers experience before they reach year 11.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL5064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy puts employers at the heart of a high-quality careers programme for young people. We are asking every school and college to use the Gatsby benchmarks that define all the elements of excellent careers provision, including encounters with employers and employees and experiences of workplaces. They will be measured against these benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ (attached), published in January 2018, sets out how schools meet the Gatsby benchmarks. We will shortly publish equivalent guidance for colleges. The guidance documents include an expectation that each school and college offer every young person at least one encounter with an employer each year from years 7 to 13. Due to the growing demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills, particularly in sectors such as engineering, construction and manufacturing, this should include encounters with STEM employers. Rather than defining STEM in a particular way, our statutory guidance sets out that schools should give pupils access to a broad range of STEM employers. We want employers of all sizes, and from all sectors, to offer encounters that inspire people and provide information regarding the skills that employers need. We have also placed a new legal duty on schools to ensure there are sufficient opportunities for young people to hear directly from providers of technical education qualifications and apprenticeships. This will ensure that young people learn about the alternatives to academic and school-based routes, leading to better-informed choices.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance outlines that schools and colleges should begin to work towards meeting the benchmarks by the end of 2020. Schools can assess how their support compares against the benchmarks by using Compass, an online self-assessment tool developed by The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The CEC will publish a report annually, based on data gathered from the Compass tool, showing what progress schools and colleges have made in meeting the Gatsby benchmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted will continue to hold schools and colleges to account for the quality of careers provision. Matters relating to careers guidance contribute to judgements under three of the four areas in the school inspection handbook, and all four areas of the further education and skills inspection handbook. Through its training and communications with inspectors, Ofsted continues to remind inspectors of the importance of careers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL5061 HL5062 HL5063 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:45:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

829562

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tunnels: West Yorkshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 22 January (HL4463), whether Highways England still plan to begin abandonment works this summer, or whether they will wait until the results of the assessment of the future of the Queensbury Tunnel by the firm of consultant chartered surveyors appointed by the Department for Transport have been received and assessed; and whether Highways England have reported any issues at this stage which require action in the short term on the grounds of public safety.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL5065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has received professional advice from Highways England, which manages the Queensbury Tunnel on behalf of the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England manage over 3,500 former railway structures on behalf of the Department for Transport. Based upon their knowledge of the condition of each of these structures from annual inspections, Queensbury Tunnel has received the highest risk ranking of all of these structures since Highways England took over such responsibilities in September 2013. The concerns of Highways England about the condition of the Queensbury Tunnel have only increased as there have been two known partial collapses of the tunnel linings since that date. Those two partial collapses have occurred over the past four years and reflect an accelerated worsening condition of the tunnel as time progresses.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England advise that there can be no certainty about when the next collapse of the tunnel will take place or where and in their professional view there is a clear and present risk to safety should a further collapse cause a structural failure of one of these ventilation shafts and potential consequent undermining. Highways England advise that risk must now be addressed.</p><p> </p><p>In view of this Highways England have asked that they be authorised and funded to commence abandonment works in September 2018 and have completed their due diligence on the matter; they have suggested that they will shortly submit a planning application to undertake the works. The actions by Highways England are related wholly to public safety and are without prejudice to any further discussions in respect of surveys and considerations about the tunnel’s future involving the Department for Transport, the City of Bradford and other interested parties.</p><p> </p><p>Pending any commencement of safety works by Highways England the Department for Transport will continue to discuss a possible transfer to the local authority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/02/2018 12:14:12 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

829563

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be attending the forthcoming meeting of the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Co-operation in February; and what assessment they have made of whether women from civil society in Afghanistan will also be in attendance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL5066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Gareth Bayley, will attend the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Cooperation which is due to take place during the latter part of February.</p><p>The Afghan Government has not yet finalised the format of the meeting. We continue to encourage the Government of Afghanistan to involve women, including from civil society, in efforts towards a peace process. We also recognise your contribution, including your recent visit to Kabul.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/02/2018 16:49:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger