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date	23/11/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether House of Lords catering services are subject to food hygiene inspections by Westminster Health Authority; and if so, (1) what Food Hygiene Rating each Lords catering outlet achieved at their most recent inspection, and (2) whether outlets are required to display a Food Hygiene Rating Sticker.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>As registered food premises, the House of Lords catering facilities are subject to inspections from Westminster City Council (WCC). At the last inspection in November 2017, the Environmental Health Officer from WCC Food Safety Team awarded the highest rating of 5 for all House of Lords catering outlets in the Palace of Westminster; Millbank House facilities were inspected in November 2016 and also received a 5 rating. It is a recommendation but not a legal requirement to display the food hygiene rating sticker. The House of Lords rating stickers are currently displayed in the River Restaurant and Millbank House Cafeteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 29/11/2018 11:48:49 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1012542

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that there is greater co-ordination between local councils, utility and telecom companies in the digging up of roads and pavements when they carry out work and repairs.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department is investing up to £10m in the development of a new digital service called Street Manager. This will transform the planning, management and communication of street works. It will also support more coordination and collaboration by works promoters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/12/2018 14:08:10 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

997093

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage more men to train and take up roles in early years education.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The department’s ‘Early Years Workforce Strategy’ (published March 2017) included a commitment to set up a gender diversity task and finish group of sector stakeholders to consider this issue in more depth. The group shared its findings over the summer and we are currently considering how best to address the issue of gender diversity in the early years workforce.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/11/2018 15:05:18 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

997094

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to ensure sufficient supply of nursery places for families living in rural and coastal areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to secure sufficient childcare for families in their local areas. The department will continue to support all local authorities to deliver the government’s childcare offers and ensure sufficient places, through direct support from departmental officials and our delivery partners. In September 2018, we also announced a year extension to the Childcare Works contract, which will see continued support being provided to local authorities and childcare providers in helping to deliver the government entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to ensuring all parents have access to high-quality affordable childcare. We recognise that providers and families living and operating in rural communities are faced with particular barriers to delivering and accessing childcare. That is why under the new early years national funding formula introduced in 2017, local authorities can use a rurality or sparsity supplement in their local funding formulae.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/11/2018 14:45:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

997095

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce the early years apprenticeship standard.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships. I have asked its Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the noble Lord and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/11/2018 12:19:50 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

994730

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that T Level industry placements are made available in suitable volumes in the sectors and locations where they are needed.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The department is keen to ensure that all T level students will have access to high quality industry placements.</p><p>The consultation on T levels earlier this year asked how we can support all students to access industry placements relevant to their course in areas where there are not employers to offer industry placements nearby. Feedback from this, and from the industry placement pilot scheme last year, helped identify what support is needed[1]. We have provided nearly £60 million this academic year to help post-16 providers to build their capacity and capability to deliver industry placements in advance of T level roll-out. We are working with the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs to understand how students in rural, coastal and remote areas can access industry placements.</p><p>We are carrying out extensive stakeholder engagement across levy industries to ensure that industry placement policy generates placements that are meaningful and reflective of current industry practice. This will help to widen access to T levels in all parts of the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] This support includes clear guidance for employers and providers to understand their roles and responsibilities, an advice and support service for employers to help reduce the burden on employers, additional funding to support students access placements and the offer of intensive support for providers, where this is required.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 08/11/2018 16:41:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

994731

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether an overall grading approach will be applied to T Levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>As we set out in the government response to the T level consultation, published in May 2018, we intend to award an overall grade for T levels. An overall grade will be awarded to any students who successfully complete all of the required components, including attainment of the technical qualification, completion of the industry placement, attainment of level 2 English and maths and achievement of any other specified elements of the T level programme.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to provide more details about the overall grading system for T levels in the next T level action plan, which is due to be published later this autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 08/11/2018 16:30:36 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

994732

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning (1) a public awareness campaign, and (2) the release of resources to employers and learners to help build understanding about the different grades that learners can achieve within the component parts of a T Level.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Our T level communications campaign will be launched in 2019, ensuring that parents, teachers, students and the wider public knows about T levels and where they fit among other choices after GCSEs.</p><p>We are communicating with a range of key audiences through several different channels and events to increase awareness of T levels. We recently launched a short animated video introducing T levels, which has been circulated on social media and can be found at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3zpEAm3sk&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3zpEAm3sk&amp;feature=youtu.be</a>.</p><p>We have also provided £5 million to the National Apprenticeship Service, who have widened their remit to provide an advice and support service for employers, which includes raising awareness and promoting the benefits of T levels and industry placements.</p><p>The communications campaign will increase each year, taking account of student numbers and key decision-making times. We are working closely with the 2020 providers to develop the campaign, which will include resources to support regional communications. We understand the need to fully explain the grading system for T levels and our communications will provide clarity on this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL11049 question first answered 08/11/2018 16:12:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

994733

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote T Levels to (1) learners, (2) employers, and (3) the public so they are known and understood more widely.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Our T level communications campaign will be launched in 2019, ensuring that parents, teachers, students and the wider public knows about T levels and where they fit among other choices after GCSEs.</p><p>We are communicating with a range of key audiences through several different channels and events to increase awareness of T levels. We recently launched a short animated video introducing T levels, which has been circulated on social media and can be found at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3zpEAm3sk&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3zpEAm3sk&amp;feature=youtu.be</a>.</p><p>We have also provided £5 million to the National Apprenticeship Service, who have widened their remit to provide an advice and support service for employers, which includes raising awareness and promoting the benefits of T levels and industry placements.</p><p>The communications campaign will increase each year, taking account of student numbers and key decision-making times. We are working closely with the 2020 providers to develop the campaign, which will include resources to support regional communications. We understand the need to fully explain the grading system for T levels and our communications will provide clarity on this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL11048 question first answered 08/11/2018 16:12:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

994734

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cadet and combined cadet forces there are in the (1) academy, and (2) maintained sector; and what assessment they have made of the number of cadet and combined cadet forces in independent schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the growth of cadet units and delivering 500 cadet units in schools by 2020 through the Cadet Expansion Programme.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 164 combined cadet units in academies, 87 in maintained schools (including 22 in the devolved administrations), 14 in university technical colleges and 11 in further education colleges. 195 independent schools have a cadet unit, including 21 in devolved administrations. In 2010, there were 61 combined cadet units in state sector schools.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 08/11/2018 16:08:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey