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176242

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the proposed closure of Durham Free School, how they ensure that Ofsted complies strictly with all the provisions of the new Independent School Standards designed to combat extremism and in respect of the application of its equality and diversity provisions to the assessment of Christian and Jewish schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL4500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofsted is an independent body, accountable directly to Parliament. It reports twice a year to the Education Select Committee. It is for Ofsted to decide on how inspections are conducted. The framework for inspection is published by Ofsted reflecting Government policy and statutory requirements and sets out how inspections are to be conducted and what will be inspected. Academies and maintained schools are all inspected against the same framework. Independent schools which do not receive public funding are inspected against a different framework which reflects the different statutory requirement placed upon those schools in the independent school standards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/02/2015 14:38:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

176251

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Knowledge Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to include the training of police officers within the Police Knowledge Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
uin	HL4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The £10 million Police Knowledge Fund is intended to incentivise collaborations between police forces and academic institutions to help establish and drive a sustainable and recognised body of knowledge, evidence and expertise on policing and cutting crime. Professionalising the police is a cornerstone of the Government’s policing reforms and the College of Policing expects the Knowledge Fund to help embed evidence-based problem solving approaches within forces and build sustained capability amongst officers and staff to understand and use research.</p><p>Bids will be submitted jointly by police forces and academic institutions against a set of criteria agreed with the College of Policing and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. We are expecting a wide range of collaborative bids that cover many aspects of policing activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/02/2015 15:20:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

176256

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many premises or households in Wales benefit from superfast broadband; and what was the figure 12 months previously.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's UK Infrastructure Report published in December 2014, superfast broadband was available to 55% of premises in Wales. There are no comparable figures available for superfast broadband availability in 2013, but according to Ofcom’s 2013 UK Infrastructure Report, 48% of the premises in Wales had access to Next Generation Access networks.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/02/2015 14:31:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

176281

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Satellite Broadcasting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer on 27 January by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (HL4359), whether the introduction of retransmission fees could be beneficial to the creative industry if money generated from retransmission fees was used in original United Kingdom programming.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Currently public services broadcasters are not able to charge cable operators for the retransmission of their PSB services. This is an area where many competing interests – particularly those of broadcasters, platforms, and of viewers - must be balanced. Government is going to consult on whether the time is right to remove section 73 of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, and whether this allows PSBs to invest more in high-quality content. But rather than doing so in isolation, we will be looking at this in the wider context, examining the framework of regulation that governs the balance of payments between broadcasters and platforms and rates surrounding EPG prominence.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/02/2015 14:32:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

176282

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to encourage highly-qualified teachers to relocate to rural, coastal and more disadvantaged areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is taking action in a number of different ways. The pay reforms that we have introduced since September 2013 give schools greater autonomy and more freedom to decide how much they pay teachers and how quickly pay progresses. Schools may also choose to use their pupil premium funding to attract or retain the best teachers. This increased flexibility gives schools in disadvantaged areas more scope to attract and recruit the high-quality teachers that they need to deliver outstanding education in the most challenging circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also increasing the number of high-achieving graduates teaching in disadvantaged schools by supporting the geographical expansion of Teach First into every region of England. This gives Teach First the scope to reach 90% of eligible schools by 2016, boosting the Government’s commitment to recruit more top teachers across England, including in more rural, coastal and disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the next two years the Government-funded Talented Leaders programme aims to match up 100 of the nation’s best school leaders with challenging schools in areas of the country that will benefit the most – predominantly in rural, coastal or deprived areas that are finding it difficult to attract great leaders. The School Direct programme also addresses local shortages by enabling schools to attract, train and develop the high-quality teachers and potential leaders that will drive school improvement.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/02/2015 18:01:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

175865

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on average how many cases of female genital mutilation are reported to the police for investigation per day.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) that are reported to the police for investigation is not collated centrally.</p><p>The Government has consulted on the introduction of a new mandatory reporting duty to require professionals to report cases of FGM. The consultation sought views on how best to introduce this new duty, including what the sanctions should be for failure to report. The consultation closed on 12 January and we are carefully considering the responses. We will announce the results of the consultation shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4446 question first answered 03/02/2015 15:22:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

175866

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to criminalise the failure to report a suspected case of female genital mutilation to the police.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) that are reported to the police for investigation is not collated centrally.</p><p>The Government has consulted on the introduction of a new mandatory reporting duty to require professionals to report cases of FGM. The consultation sought views on how best to introduce this new duty, including what the sanctions should be for failure to report. The consultation closed on 12 January and we are carefully considering the responses. We will announce the results of the consultation shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4445 question first answered 03/02/2015 15:22:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

175880

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Sleeping Rough
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 January (HL4174), what assessment they have made of the rates of referrals by Street-Link leading to the accessing of services and to re-housing; and what plans they have to increase those rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Homeless Link, who run StreetLink in partnership with St Mungos Broadway, provide regular updates on how the service is performing. Homeless Link work with local authorities and homelessness organisations to continue to improve the take-up of StreetLink nationally and the help it provides to enable rough sleepers to get back on their feet. Since it started in December 2012 Streetlink has made just under 23,000 rough sleeping referrals to councils to investigate, leading to 9,800 rough sleepers being found and connected with local services of which nearly 1,900 resulted in a specific housing outcome. The Government have increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools needed to take action against rough sleeping locally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2015 15:19:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

175883

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Social Rented Housing: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been allocated to each London borough under the Decent Homes Backlog Funding initiative for 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL4463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made available £145 million for London in 2015/16 for the Decent Homes Backlog Fund.</p><p>This funding has been devolved to the Greater London Authority, which has strategic responsibility for housing in London.</p><p>The Greater London Authority recently announced which boroughs have been awarded the funding. Their amounts are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>£1,124,508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>£26,299,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>£3,159,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>£11,270,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>£6,347,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>£23,283,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>£53,035,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>£7,202,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>£13,270,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£144,944,038</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All boroughs will need to have their grant claims independently verified. Service charges for leaseholders will be capped to £15,000 over five years for any work carried out using this funding.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2015 15:23:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

175884

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Social Rented Housing: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend the Decent Homes Backlog Funding initiative beyond 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL4464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Spending decisions for 2016-17 onwards are a matter for the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>£1.6 billion worth of funding was awarded to local authorities to tackle their Decent Homes backlog in 2011-15. A further £165 million was awarded for year 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>Since the abolition of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system in April 2012, councils have greater freedoms including the retention of their full rental income. This means that all 167 council landlords in England have a long term, stable source of funding, which they can use to plan better to meet the needs of their tenants and local area. These councils have, on average, 15% more to spend on managing and maintaining their homes, including meeting the Decent Homes Standard, than under the previous system.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2015 15:21:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow