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1121603

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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to set out how they measure whether the apprentice programme boosts economic productivity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We have recently introduced a range of reforms to further support the productivity contribution of apprenticeships. It is too early to assess the full impact of our reforms.</p><p>Our Apprenticeships Reform Programme Benefits Realisation Strategy, attached, sets out a broad range of success measures for the programme, including economic measures. Measures include earnings upon completion, results from employer and learner surveys, and the further education (FE) Skills Index – a measure of the productivity impact of the programme over time.</p><p>The Skills Index enables us to compare the value of skills investments across the FE sector, including apprenticeships. It looks at the number of learners achieving, the employment rate for those learners as well as expected additional earnings.</p><p>The total value-added for apprenticeships in the academic year 2016/17 has increased by 3% on 2015/16, due to an increase in the volume of apprenticeship achievers at Level 3 and above.</p><p>We publish annual progress updates against our strategy. Our last update, published in May 2018, is attached and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>We will be publishing our 2019 update shortly which will include an update to our Skills Index.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15254_Apprenticeship_Reform_Programme__Benefits_Realisation_Strategy.pdf title HL15254_Apprenticeship_Reform_Strategy 2 file name HL15254_Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf title HL15254_Report_on_Reform_Program question first answered 25/04/2019 16:43:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1121607

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they published the terms of reference and membership of the working group of experts set up to consider the recommendations from the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee’s report E-cigarettes, published on 17 August 2018, that impact the licensing of e-cigarettes as medicines; if so, when and where they were published; whether they will publish details of that working group’s first meeting; and if so when and where they will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL15258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The terms of reference and membership of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) ad hoc working group of experts on e-cigarettes, set up to consider the recommendations from the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee’s E-cigarettes report, has not yet been published.</p><p> </p><p>The first meeting of the working group is scheduled for 26 April 2019 and its terms of reference and membership will be published after the first meeting of the group on the CHM website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/04/2019 12:21:06 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1121608

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to urgently review the detention of prisoners subject to imprisonment for public protection sentences who have served their minimum tariff following reports of the numbers of those who await a decision from the Parole Board.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>By law, it is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Parole Board no longer has a backlog when it comes to listing cases for an oral hearing. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) have been working to improve the management and progression of prisoners serving these sentences for some time, which is evident in the increasing number of overall releases we have seen in recent years: 576 in 2016 and 616 in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>A joint action plan is in place, co-owned by HMPPS and the Parole Board, with the specific aim of providing opportunities for prisoners serving IPP sentences to progress to safe release. Through continuing the joint Action Plan, we are prioritising post-tariff prisoners in accessing rehabilitative interventions, including Psychology Services-led reviews in cases where there has not been satisfactory progression, and enhanced case management, for those prisoners sentenced with a complex set of risks and needs. We have also developed Progression Regimes at four prisons across the country, which are dedicated to progressing indeterminate prisoners struggling to achieve release via the usual routes.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HMPPS is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/04/2019 16:33:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1121638

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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many smart meters have been installed in England and Wales, broken down by local authority area, in each of the past three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill
uin	HL15268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The latest data on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed in Great Britain is published on a quarterly basis on Gov.UK. As of the end of December 2018, there were nearly 13.8 million smart and advanced meters currently operating in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Data is published only at Great Britain level. Data is not collected from energy suppliers in a format that allows local authority counts to be produced.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/04/2019 14:18:02 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3125 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill

1122558

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps are his department taking to move civil service jobs out of London in line with the Government’s industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	910478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Our Places for Growth programme will relocate Civil Servants out of London, with at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>This in addition to the twelve new public bodies that will be located outside of London.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:41:57 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1122560

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	How many civil servants have been moved from other tasks to work on preparations for holding European Parliament elections this year.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	910480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p><strong>Departments continually review workforce plans and reprioritise according to changing needs. The number of people moved from other tasks at any one time is not recorded. </strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:54:56 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1122563

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to move public sector jobs from London to Devon and Cornwall.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	910483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <strong>Our Places for Growth programme will relocate Civil Servants out of London, with at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030</strong>. The <strong>programme is engaged on an ongoing basis with stakeholders across all four nations of the UK, including in South West England. Location decisions will be made by departments in conjunction with the Cabinet Office, and will form an integral part of planning for the Spending Review.</strong> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:15:30 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard