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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

1121604

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	Nurses: Re-employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many nurses have returned to the NHS in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 26/04/2019 10:55:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1121605

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	Probation
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 positive impact of face-to-face meetings between ex-offenders and National Probation Service officials; how many such meetings there have been, in England and Wales, in each of the last 12 months; and what steps they intend to take to (1) reduce supervision by telephone, and (2) increase face-to-face meetings, for ex-offenders.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The impact of face-to-face meetings between ex-offenders and National Probation Service (NPS) officials is not formally assessed. Both NPS and Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) staff use their professional judgement to determine the required frequency and most appropriate form of supervision.</p><p>Remote supervision should not be used as the only means by which an offender is supervised, which is why we have recently amended CRC contracts to ensure all offenders under supervision in the community are offered face-to-face contact with their Responsible Officer at least once a month. Data on this measure will be published on 24 April 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/04/2019 16:28:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1121606

registered interest
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	Schools: Sugar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support, funding, and guidance they intend to provide to schools to (1) limit the availability of sugar products in schools, and (2) become sugar-free.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>This government wants pupils to be healthy and well nourished. We encourage a healthy balanced diet and healthy life choices through school funding, legislation and guidance. The attached School Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 August 2016, the government published its plan for action (attached) to significantly reduce childhood obesity by supporting healthier choices.</p><p> </p><p>One of the commitments in the plan was to update the School Food Standards. The School Food Standards regulate the food and drink provided at both lunchtime and at other times of the school day, including, for example, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending machines and after school clubs. The standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods. They ensure that pupils always have healthy options for their school lunch.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Public Health England to update the regulations. This will focus on reducing sugar consumption and will be supported by detailed guidance to caterers and schools. More detail will follow shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15257_School_Food_Standards.pdf title hl15257_School_Food_Standards 2 file name HL15257_Childhood_obesity_plan.pdf title HL15257_Childhood_Obesity_A_Plan_for_Action question first answered 29/04/2019 16:16:50 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

1121609

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Ali Hajji
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain to secure medical treatment for Ali Alhajee, who resumed his hunger strike in Jau Prison on 5 April in protest at the continued failure of prison authorities to provide adequate medical treatment and meals in accordance with his dietary requirements.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Embassy in Bahrain closely follow events in Manama. We are aware of the case of Mr Ali Al Hajee and allegations of mistreatment in detention, and have raised his case at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain.</p><p>We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to raise them with the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body and continue to encourage the oversight bodies in Bahrain to carry out thorough and swift investigations into any such claims.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2019 12:06:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1121610

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Mariam Albardoli
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 21 March (HL14745), what assessment they have made of the investigative allegations against Major Mariam Albardoli; whether they have raised these allegations with the government of Bahrain; and what steps they are taking to ensure compliance with international human rights legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to protect human rights for all of its citizens, in line with its international obligations. We are aware of allegations of mistreatment in detention and have raised these at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain.</p><p>We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the appropriate oversight body. We encourage the oversight bodies to carry out swift, thorough and impartial investigations.​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2019 12:10:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1121611

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Hajer Mansoor Hassan
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 18 March (HL14213), what assessment they have made of reports that prison authorities in Bahrain continue to provide inadequate medical care to the political prisoner Hajer Mansoor Hassan, including by restricting access to medical records and failing to organise follow-up appointments.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>As previously stated in the written answer to HL14213, our Embassy in Manama and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continue to follow the case of Ms Mansoor. We have raised the issue of access to medical care with the Government of Bahrain at a senior level and have been given categorical assurances that Ms Mansoor will continue to receive access to appropriate medical care.</p><p>We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report them to the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body and continue to encourage these oversight bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations into any such concerns or allegations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2019 12:25:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1121612

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Hassan Mushaima
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that prison authorities in Bahrain have provided inadequate medical care to political prisoner Hassan Mushaima, including by imposing humiliating measures which violate Article 47 of the UN Nelson Mandela Rules.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Manama and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continue to follow the case of Hassan Mushaima closely and have raised it with the Government of Bahrain at a senior level. The Government of Bahrain have given categorical assurances that, in his case and others, there is and has been access to appropriate medical care while in detention.</p><p>​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2019 12:26:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven