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79156

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how Road User Focus and the Strategic Road Network Monitor, as described in <i>Setting the Road Investment Strategy: Now and in the Future</i>, will have regard to design achievement and effectiveness.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Strategic Road Network Monitor will be responsible for assessing the strategic highways company’s performance. This includes how it meets any requirements directed by government in the Road Investment Strategy or conditions in the licence as part of the company’s appointment. The licence document includes the need to support sustainable development. The monitor will need to take account of quality of design in assessing costs against outputs.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of Road User Focus is to act as a focal point for road users, gathering their views and surveying satisfaction and using this information to help shape evolving policy. Feedback gathered may include roads users’ views on aspects of design – particularly on elements that directly relate to the journey. We expect road user satisfaction will be influenced by scheme design and hence reflected in the findings of Road User Focus.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 28/07/2014 11:44:31 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78973

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the strategic vision for the Road Investment Strategy will take account of the whole built environment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>The government’s vision for the Strategic Road Network (SRN) is part of the Road Investment Strategy. The importance of good design, and the use of good design principles, is important and the government will want the company to make use of these principles when intervening to maintain, renew, or enhance the SRN.　 The expectation on the company in how it delivers its functions is set out in the licence and through which the Secretary of State for Transport can influence the company’s behaviour. The licence already contains requirements to conform to the principles of sustainable development and to have regard to government policy. We are considering further how good design principles are built into the governance framework.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL1291 question first answered 24/07/2014 11:43:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78974

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the draft Road Investment Strategy's four elements will take account of the need for design of the whole built environment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>The government’s vision for the Strategic Road Network (SRN) is part of the Road Investment Strategy. The importance of good design, and the use of good design principles, is important and the government will want the company to make use of these principles when intervening to maintain, renew, or enhance the SRN.　 The expectation on the company in how it delivers its functions is set out in the licence and through which the Secretary of State for Transport can influence the company’s behaviour. The licence already contains requirements to conform to the principles of sustainable development and to have regard to government policy. We are considering further how good design principles are built into the governance framework.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL1290 question first answered 24/07/2014 11:43:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78975

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to Baroness Kramer’s remarks on 3 July (HL Deb, col GC 358), what the "significant further development" as stated in the prefatory note to the Strategic Highways Company: Draft Licence will include in its "robust requirements" in relation to the role of design.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>There is a strong link between quality design and quality of life and as stated in my response of 30 June it is government policy that our major road improvements should follow good design principles. The draft licence already makes it clear that the strategic highways company must comply with sustainable development; paragraph 4.3 of the licence’s aims and objectives defines sustainable development as including the need to improve the quality of life for current and future generations.</p><p> </p><p>The licence has been published in draft to help understanding on the overall governance structure for the strategic highways company and in support of the measures in the Infrastructure Bill. Work is continuing on refining the content of the final document.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL1293 question first answered 24/07/2014 11:45:48 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78976

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the proposed requirement in the section on Co-operation of the Strategic Highways Company: Draft Licence to "take account of local needs, priorities and plans in planning for the operation, maintenance and long-term development in the network" will take account of the need for well-being and good quality design.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p>There is a strong link between quality design and quality of life and as stated in my response of 30 June it is government policy that our major road improvements should follow good design principles. The draft licence already makes it clear that the strategic highways company must comply with sustainable development; paragraph 4.3 of the licence’s aims and objectives defines sustainable development as including the need to improve the quality of life for current and future generations.</p><p> </p><p>The licence has been published in draft to help understanding on the overall governance structure for the strategic highways company and in support of the measures in the Infrastructure Bill. Work is continuing on refining the content of the final document.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL1292 question first answered 24/07/2014 11:45:46 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78262

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Work Programme: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in their draft Child Poverty Strategy 2014–17, what they envisage by "specialist" support for Gypsy and Traveller parents via the Work Programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government’s strategy for increasing ethnic minority employment and participation in the labour market is based around mainstreaming opportunity through locally delivered flexible provision.</p><p>The Work Programme is designed to give providers the flexibility to support each individual jobseeker, rather than treat people according to ethnic groups. Local autonomy and flexibility has replaced the one size fits all approach that has dogged previous employment schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 28/07/2014 14:39:02 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78263

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the recommendations in the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons <i>People in prison: Gypsies, Romany and Travellers </i>that there should be further research into the reasons why people from those communities are in prison and how they are supported; and that the number of young people of Gypsy, Romany and Traveller background in Secure Training Centres should be investigated.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is considering how best to take forward Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) report recommendation for research into the reasons why people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities are in prison.</p><p> </p><p>To address the historically low declaration rates of GRT prisoners and to improve the support received by GRT prisoners, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has carried out extensive work to increase the declaration rates of GRT prisoners including work to increase the confidence of GRT prisoners to declare their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2014, NOMS implemented a new tool to monitor various outcomes for prisoners against a range of protected characteristics, including GRT prisoners. NOMS is now monitoring outcomes for this group of prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) commissioned and jointly published (with HMIP) the report: 'Children and Young People in Custody 2012-13: An Analysis of 12-18 year olds' perceptions of their experience in secure training centres'. This was the first published annual summary of children and young people's self-reported experiences and perceptions from surveys carried out with young people in each of the four Secure Training Centres (STCs).</p><p>The YJB will continue to commission these reports and monitor the findings from this survey in future years to gain a better understanding of the representation GRT young people within STCs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 29/07/2014 16:55:34 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

61936

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria with respect to good design they intend to establish in their new plans for the Highway Agency.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>It is government policy that our major road improvements should follow good design principles. For example, in &quot;Action for Roads&quot; we made it clear that any improvements to the network must be made in a way that supports the nation's overall quality of life. This means that our strategy for roads, and detail requirements will need to:</p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Be designed to minimise environmental impacts and, where possible, tackle existing problems.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Build on existing cooperation with organisations like Natural England to find the best solutions to environmental challenges.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Continue to work in a planning framework which protects the wider environment.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are establishing the first Roads Investment Strategy, which includes a performance specification for the new strategic highways company. This will aim to ensure that the company's design and delivery activities align with the overall goals that government has for the Strategic Road Network (SRN). Good design, including how the SRN interfaces with built environments and impacts on quality of life, will need to be an important element of both the process and the implementation.</p><p> </p><p /><p /><p /><p /> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/06/2014 13:47:45 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

57548

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Roma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they have spent the 69 million euros, as reported in Appendix 5 of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Status Report of 2013, earmarked for the implementation of the Roma Strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL21
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is advancing Roma integration within broader social inclusion and integration policies. This is fully in line with commitments we have made at European Union level, and is the best approach in a diverse and decentralised country like the UK.</p><p>On Page 32, the Status Report highlights that the Government is providing “approximately 72 million euros” for new and refurbished authorised traveller pitches in England, through the £60 million Traveller Pitch Funding programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/06/2014 15:12:02 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

57549

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Travellers: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their report on pilots of a virtual head teacher system expressly aimed at redressing the inequalities in education experienced by Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL22
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Two local authorities, Kent and Cambridgeshire, have been involved in piloting the role of a virtual head teacher who helped schools to engage with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) pupils to improve their school attendance and attainment. These local authorities are currently finalising their summaries of the projects. The Department for Education will work with these authorities and the GRT education stakeholder group, chaired by the noble Lady, to determine the most appropriate way to disseminate the outcomes of this work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 12/06/2014 11:07:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker