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747438

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what priority they attach to reducing the increasing levels of knife crime; and when they intend to restore spending levels for youth services to assist local initiatives in this area.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime is a priority for the Government. Our Modern Crime Prevention Strategy published in March 2016 set out a range of measures to strengthen our response to knife crime. Our work to tackle knife crime is centred on four key strands – working with the police on operations and enforcement, work on legislative framework, work with retailers on responsible sales, and early intervention and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking firm action including encouraging police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeting habitual knife carriers, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from identified retailers, and the use of surrender bins. The Home Office hosted a national briefing event for police forces on Operation Sceptre on 14 June and a record twenty nine police forces are expected to be involved in the next week of action planned for mid July.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing need for youth services and allocating funding. The Government is supporting local authorities and the youth sector by investing to help youth organisations demonstrate their impact. The Government is investing in the National Citizen Service, investing up to £80 million through the ‘# iwill’ social action campaign and ‘Youth Investment Funds’ to help young people develop skills, improve their wellbeing and contribute to their communities. The Government is also investing in the ‘Delivering Differently for Young People’ programme, which helped local authorities develop new models for delivering on their statutory duty to provide positive activities for young people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 15:51:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

747439

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how, and when, they intend to honour the pledge in the Queen's Speech "to make progress to tackle discrimination against people on the basis of their race, faith, gender, disability or sexual orientation".
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>We are already working to deliver the commitments on equalities made in the Queen’s Speech, including bringing forward legislation to protect the victims of domestic violence and abuse, making further progress to tackle pay gaps, reforming mental health legislation and strengthening enforcement of the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We will announce our detailed plans and intended timetables in due course<em>. </em></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/07/2017 14:33:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

747440

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of staff shortages in the key areas of teaching and the NHS, they intend to remove public service jobs from the immigration cap.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government maintains a Shortage Occupation List, based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. The list comprises skilled jobs, including public sector roles, where there is an identified national shortage. Jobs on the list are given priority when allocating places within the Tier 2 immigration limit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/07/2017 11:47:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

732079

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many nursing posts were unfilled in NHS England on the most recent date for which figures are available; and what plans they have to fill those places.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) provide estimates of staff shortages and the plan for tackling these issues as part of their Workforce Plan for England publication.</p><p> </p><p>HEE plan to publish the Workforce Plan for England 2017/18 in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/07/2017 14:28:05 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

732080

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many vacancies exist in the social care sector in England; and what assessment they have made of the impact of those vacancies on the services being provided to elderly and disabled people.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Skills for Care workforce data shows that there were 90,335 vacant posts in the adult social care sector. This equates to a vacancy rate of 6.8%. This data is as at March 2016 for the independent sector and September 2015 for statutory local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Current vacancies, in addition to demographic changes in the population and raised expectations mean there will be an increasing demand on care services in the future, including from the elderly and disabled. Skills for Care, an employer-led workforce development organisation for adult social care, is looking to address this through their recruitment and retention strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/07/2017 12:18:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

732081

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many extremist organisations are under consideration to be proscribed under counter-terror legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription. A decision to proscribe an organisation must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/06/2017 12:04:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

732082

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so by how much, teacher training targets for secondary schools have been missed for each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made of the impact of any failure to reach those targets on children's education.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Published statistics are available that show Initial Teacher Training recruitment in each of the last five years against the targets as set by the Teacher Supply Model. The latest information is contained in the following table.</p><p><strong>Postgraduate ITT new entrants and training places time series by target</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary target</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Percentage of Secondary target</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14,293</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13,817</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>103%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13,050</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13,340</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>12,971</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13,866</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16r</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15,183</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>18,541</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17p</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15,713</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17,687</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p><em>Source: NCTL Initial Teacher Training Census</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1) Coverage: Postgraduate ITT new entrants in England.</p><p>2) Figures for 2016/17 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2015/16 have been revised.</p><p>3) Data were extracted on 1 November 2016.</p><p>4) Teach First data is included from 2015/16, therefore caution should be exercised when comparing figures across time.</p><p>5) 2016/17 total includes forecast registrations.</p><p>6) Targets are taken from the Teacher Supply Model: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a>.</p><p>7) In 2011/12 to 2014/15 figures from the TSM are estimated by removing undergraduate trainees.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are published in table 1b in the statistical first release ‘Initial teacher training: trainee number census - 2016 to 2017’.</p><p>Teaching continues to be an attractive career choice among graduates and secondary postgraduate recruitment is at its highest level since 2011/12. This is a great achievement, given the increasingly competitive graduate market.</p><p>Schools recruit teachers in a variety of different ways including Newly Qualified teachers, those returning to teaching, and those who have previously taught outside the state-funded schools sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/07/2017 16:26:31 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

731061

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed public inquiry into the Grenfell House fire will consider the effects and impact of the deregulation of the building industry during the last decade.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL69
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the Prime Minister's written Ministerial statement of 29 June 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/07/2017 11:03:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

731062

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to simplify the benefits regime to reduce the extent of the form filling and assessment burdens on benefits recipients.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL70
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The DWP is currently implementing Universal Credit. This flagship welfare reform policy simplifies the benefits regime for working-age people. It replaces 6 former benefits administered by DWP, HMRC and Local Authorities, with 1 single application process to DWP. Universal Credit also makes extensive use of digital services to reduce the extent of form filling for benefit recipients, who can interact with the Department using an online account.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of the New State Pension on 6 April 2016 also provided a simpler and more straightforward benefit for pension-age customers. This is less open to misunderstanding and dispute. State Pension claims are supported by an, increasingly popular, online claims service alongside a well established telephony channel. These two channels account for the vast majority of claims and have significantly reduced form filling. DWP is currently testing a new claims portal for State Pension to further improve the citizen experience.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 03/07/2017 14:48:27 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

731063

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many mentally ill people are currently in prison in England and Wales; what proportion of the prison population have mental illnesses; and what proposals they have to increase the number of beds in specialist hospitals for mentally ill patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL71
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The information on how many mentally ill people are currently in prison in England and Wales is not collected centrally. NHS England is currently carrying out a service review across all adult high, medium and low secure services in order to improve access, egress and throughput.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/07/2017 12:19:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley