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451122

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report <i>An Unholy Mess</i>, published by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year, that a number of religiously selective schools have sought to require all parents to commit to supporting the particular religious ethos of the school as part of the admission process; and what assessment they have made of the impact of any such practice on the encouragement of applications from a diverse range of religious and non-religious backgrounds.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL5988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to my response to questions HL5900 and HL5901, submitted to Parliament on 18 February 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 22/02/2016 16:26:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

450538

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report <i>An Unholy Mess</i>, published by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year, that a number of religiously selective schools have asked parents for information about their occupational, marital, and financial status as part of the admissions process, and whether they consider this to be acceptable.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL5900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>Many of the findings of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and British Humanist Association echo those reported by the Chief Schools Adjudicator in her Annual Report for the 2013/14 school year.</p><p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5901 question first answered 18/02/2016 16:54:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

450539

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report <i>An Unholy Mess</i>, published by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year, that a significant number of religiously selective schools have not conducted proper consultations on their admission arrangements, and in many cases have not published any information about their arrangements.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL5901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>Many of the findings of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and British Humanist Association echo those reported by the Chief Schools Adjudicator in her Annual Report for the 2013/14 school year.</p><p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5900 question first answered 18/02/2016 16:54:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

439131

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will continue to honour the commitment of the Coalition Government to publish an Annual Energy Statement, including estimated impacts of energy and climate policies on energy prices and bills, last published in November 2014.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL4673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>In November, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out her priorities for energy and climate change policy for the coming Parliament. On the same day DECC Ministers published an update which set out recent progress made across the main responsibilities of the Department. The update is available on the DECC website.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/12/2015 12:22:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

417509

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Hen Harriers: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015, how many of (1) the six failed nests, and (2) the six successful nests, were on land in an area where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access to the nests.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL2105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out monitoring arrangements and outcomes for the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Nest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Landowner</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nest monitored by</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Private landowner</p></td><td><p>Local raptor workers</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Private landowner</p></td><td><p>Local raptor workers</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission/</p><p>RSPB/Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission/</p><p>RSPB/Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p><p> </p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Predation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 16:25:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

177983

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: North East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made (1) to the North East Local Enterprise Partnership over its lack of a chief executive since April last year, and (2) to the North East Combined Authority over its failure to establish an inward investment function for the region.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL4694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>(1) The appointment of a Chief Executive for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership is a matter for the partnership.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>2) The North East LEP (NELEP) and North East Combined Authority (NECA) have agreed to establish an “Inward Investment Gateway” to manage all inward investment activity. An Invest North East England Gateway Manager was appointed in July last year to provide a focused resource to work with partners to coordinate, develop and implement this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UKTI is providing dedicated resource for 6 months to NELEP and NECA to determine the best options for the Invest North East England delivery model. This will help develop a North East wide inward Investment strategy and implementation plan as well as identify structure, roles, and remit of the NELEP/NECA inward investment team in this important area of the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/02/2015 15:56:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

155375

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why detailed estimates of the impacts of energy and climate policies on the retail prices (pounds per megawatt hour) of gas and electricity are omitted from the 2014 edition of the annual <i>Estimated Impacts of Energy and Climate Change Policies on Energy Prices and Bills </i>when they have been present in all previous editions.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL2833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The layout of the 2014 Estimated Impacts of Energy and Climate Change Policies on Energy Prices and Bills report1 was reviewed to focus on overall bill impacts following feedback on the length of Annexes and confusion between the prices and bills tables in previous reports.</p><p>The price and consumption effects of each policy on domestic consumers, medium-sized businesses, and energy intensive users are converted into £ impacts and set out in a single set of tables in Annex D.</p><p>The results of fossil fuel price sensitivity analysis are summarised in Chapter 6.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2834 question first answered 27/11/2014 13:03:10 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name prices_and_bills_report_2014.pdf title Est. impact of policies on energy prices & bills
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

155376

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the impacts in pounds per megawatt hour of each energy and climate change policy on (1) retail gas prices, and (2) retail electricity prices, for (a) domestic consumers, (b) medium-sized businesses, and (c) energy-intensive users in their low, central, and high fossil-fuel price scenarios.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL2834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The layout of the 2014 Estimated Impacts of Energy and Climate Change Policies on Energy Prices and Bills report1 was reviewed to focus on overall bill impacts following feedback on the length of Annexes and confusion between the prices and bills tables in previous reports.</p><p>The price and consumption effects of each policy on domestic consumers, medium-sized businesses, and energy intensive users are converted into £ impacts and set out in a single set of tables in Annex D.</p><p>The results of fossil fuel price sensitivity analysis are summarised in Chapter 6.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2833 question first answered 27/11/2014 13:03:10 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name prices_and_bills_report_2014.pdf title Est. impact of policies on energy prices & bills
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley