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968807

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date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Local Government Association’s conclusion that only a small number of eligible teenagers take part in the National Citizen Service; whether they plan to reallocate their youth service funding in the light of this; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>To date, around 485,000 young people have taken part in NCS, and during the time period in which they were eligible to participate in NCS, 16% of the cohort who enter Year 13 this September will have done NCS, or 1 in 6 of the eligible population.</p><p> </p><p>Consecutive, independent evaluations have demonstrated the positive impacts that NCS delivers both to its participants and their communities. Government money spent on NCS supports not only the programme but also the organisations it partners with which include over 100 local councils, schools and sports clubs, of which 50 are charities and social enterprises primarily from the youth sector.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are primarily responsible for allocating public funding to youth services in their area. We believe they are best placed to know what their communities require.</p><p> </p><p>However, Government recognises the transformational impact open access youth work can have especially for young people facing multiple barriers of disadvantage, that is why we have invested £40m in The Youth Investment Fund to boost open access youth services in 6 disadvantaged areas and expect over 300,000 young people to benefit. This is one of a number of Government programmes designed to enable young people to develop skills and participate in their communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:09:49 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968808

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional resources to support bus services in England so that some of the routes stopped since 2010 can be restored.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The bus market in England is deregulated. Any decision to cut bus routes lies with the commercial operator. In 2016/17 £2.21 billion was provided by the Government to support bus services in England. This support includes local authority payments for supported services, and £250 million of Bus Service Operators Grant payments with £43m of this being paid directly to local authorities to run services that are socially necessary. In 2017 the Government also introduced the Bus Services Act, providing a number of tools to help improve bus services for passengers, and are working with a number of interested local authorities to determine which of the powers provided in the Act are best able to support bus networks in their local areas.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 13:13:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968809

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will assess the impact of the £2 million funding scheme to help disadvantaged children to benefit from healthy meals and enriching activities during the summer of 2018 to determine (1) whether the funding benefited a range of disadvantaged families, (2) whether there was any shortfall in the funding required to support the pilot projects, and (3) how the pilot will inform planning for similar enrichment programmes in future school holiday periods.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year, we announced a programme of research and pilots across the country to investigate how to provide a balanced enrichment programme, combining engaging activities with healthy and nutritious meals, for the most disadvantaged school-age pupils.</p><p>Organisations were invited to bid for a share of up to £2 million. Seven of them were successful in securing funding to explore ways of supporting children from disadvantaged families to access free enrichment activities and healthy food during the school holidays.</p><p>The seven organisations that received funding for 2018 will report to the department on the impact of their work as well as on the number of disadvantaged children and families that have benefitted. The data and information collected during the summer will be used to shape our plans for 2019, which we will set out later in autumn 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/09/2018 08:47:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968810

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what formula they use to determine the funding to be provided for integration initiatives in areas with higher levels of migration.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Funding for integration initiatives supported through the Controlling Migration Fund and the Integrated Communities Innovation Fund is in response to the case made by the areas themselves about local need. Local need also informs the priorities set by the five Integration Areas named in the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/09/2018 13:07:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968811

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any correlation between the reductions in youth services provision and police numbers and the levels of gun and knife crime in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published a new Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The strategy outlines an ambitious programme and is based on evidence about the trends and drivers of serious violence and analysis of what works in terms of interventions. Our analysis clearly points to a range of factors driving increases in serious violence including improvements in police recording, but changes in the drugs market is a key driver of recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>Our multi agency approach means that the strategy is not solely focused on law enforcement, but depends also on partnerships across a number of sectors such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others. In particular, the strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence.</p><p>The Strategy sets out 61 commitments including:</p><ul><li>A new Early Intervention Youth Fund, this has been doubled from £11 million to £22 million and was launched by the Home Secretary on 30 July.</li><li>A new round of the (anti-knife crime) Community Fund in 2018/19. Due to the number and quality of bids submitted, and as part of the Government’s commitment to early intervention and prevention to tackle serious violence, the funding available has been increased from £1 million to over £1.5 million. We announced the successful 68 bids on 2 August.</li><li>A new £3.6m National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to tackle violent and exploitative criminal activity associated with county lines.</li><li>A new Offensive Weapons Bill to strengthen legislation on firearms, knives and corrosive substances.</li></ul><p>We have also established a Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, to oversee delivery of the strategy and this group has met three times since April.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:33:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

968812

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in the number of children in care; and how they will ensure that sufficient funding is in place to support the provision of care places.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government wants every child to be in a stable, loving home that is right for them. One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system, is that children are best looked after within their families, but that is not always possible. As a last resort, local authorities may apply to the independent courts for a decision about removing a child from his or her family – for the child’s safety.</p><p>We regularly monitor and assess the number of children that come into contact with our child protection system and recognise that the number of children in care has risen. That is why, we are working across government to ensure that local authorities and the courts have the resources they need.</p><p>The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including children’s services. In addition, we are improving children’s social care through our £200 million Innovation Programme. This aims to help local authorities learn from what works in order to design services that are as efficient and effective as possible. A number of local authorities implementing these programmes have successfully reduced the number of children in their care. We are also working to set up the new What Works Centre, to build evidence to help improve outcomes for vulnerable children, including a focus on reducing the number of children in care.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/09/2018 11:04:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

942045

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the numbers of apprenticeship starts have decreased since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy; what factors have contributed to any such decrease; and what steps they are taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL9559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of people starting apprenticeships has dropped. A key reason for this was because we have radically reformed what an apprenticeship is. The old apprenticeship frameworks were said by employers not to be equipping apprentices to do the job. Training was often of poor quality or was non-existent. Instead, we are asking employers to lead the design of new apprenticeship standards, putting them in the driving seat to give apprentices the skills that businesses need. The number of people starting on these new standards is growing fast. Over 40% of individuals completing an apprenticeship are now starting on new standards, compared to 2.5% this time last year.</p><p>We are creating quality apprenticeships that will change the lives of apprentices and the prospects of businesses and we are continuing to take steps to grow apprenticeships starts. The Institute for Apprenticeships have introduced their Faster and Better process to speed up and simplify standards development.</p><p>The apprenticeship levy is an important part of the changes to raise apprenticeship quality; creating long-term, sustainable investment in training. Only around 2% of employers pay the levy, but they have generated almost 50% of starts so far in 2017/18. We will continue to work closely with employers to help them take advantage of the levy and wider funding changes, to invest in the long-term skills needs of their business.</p><p>We recognise that employers want and need flexibility. We have already extended the amount of time employers have to spend their levy (from 18 to 24 months), and have introduced transfers, to make the system as effective as possible. We will avoid making any changes that could compromise the quality of apprenticeships. We will keep listening to employers’ feedback as the system develops further. We also meet regularly with business groups and individual employers to understand the impact of the changes and use their feedback to inform any further reforms.</p><p>The changes we have made to the apprenticeship system are transforming lives. Few countries can match the energy and range of reforms currently being pursued in England. We are helping employers to create high quality apprenticeships at all levels that give people of all ages and backgrounds the skills they need.</p><p>We are using the employer Diversity Champions, comprised of over 65 members including employers, local authorities and schools, has been developed to engage and inspire employers and communities to ensure apprenticeships are undertaken by people from a diverse range of backgrounds, reflecting the widest spectrum of our society.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:40:35 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

942046

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that school funding per pupil in England has fallen by 8 per cent since 2009–10; and what are the implications for children's education of such a reduction.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL9560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) most recent analysis takes account of spending on pupils aged three to five and 16 to 19, and spending on education by local authorities.</p><p>The research recently published by the IFS extends their previously published analysis on funding for pupils aged five to 16, and is fully consistent with that analysis. The IFS have confirmed that per-pupil funding for pupils up to 16 will be more than 50% higher in 2020 than in 2000.</p><p>The results of this investment can be seen in the success of the education system. There are 1.9 million more children studying in good or outstanding schools since 2010, and the 2017 phonics screening check shows that there are now 154,000 more six year olds were on track to be fluent readers than in 2012. The gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, measured by the department’s attainment gap index, has narrowed by 10.5% at key stage 2 and 10% at key stage 4 since 2011, the year the pupil premium was introduced. This means better prospects for a more prosperous life as an adult for disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>The government has prioritised pre-16 schooling because of its crucial importance to pupil progression. The funding rate for 16 to 19 year olds was also protected, in cash terms, in the 2015 spending review and additional funding has been made available to help schools and colleges with particular priorities. As announced last year, additional funding is being provided to support institutions to increase participation in level 3 mathematics (an extra £600 for every additional student), and to pilot extra support for post-16 basic mathematics.</p><p>By 2019-20 the government will be spending around £1 billion a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in funding rates for the free entitlements that we introduced in April 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 26/07/2018 14:25:29 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

942047

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the Education and Skills Agency considering bids with minimum contract award limits for the training of apprenticeships for small and medium-sized employers who are non-levy payers; and how they are responding to such representations.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL9561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>A minimum contract value was set for awards under the non-levy apprenticeship procurement, which we concluded in December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Following notification of initial award, we received 29 complaints from providers that were unsuccessful due to the application of the minimum contract value.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) referred these providers back to the specific elements of the invitation to tender that explain the reasons for the application of the minimum contract level, as well as the process that was used to do so (attached). The ESFA directed them to guidance on the use of sub-contracting and levy transfers as further ways of supporting non-levy payer access to apprenticeship training.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 26/07/2018 13:11:34 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL9561_invitation_to_tender.pdf title Invitation_to_tender_for_apprenticeship_delivery
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

942048

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent children being groomed for criminal gang activities when they have been excluded from school and left unsupervised.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL9562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The government supports schools in using exclusion where it is warranted, underpinned by statutory guidance issued by the department. Following an exclusion, pupils are not unsupervised. There are clear duties in place to ensure that full time education must be put in place for any pupil from the fifth day of an exclusion.</p><p> </p><p>In the first five school days of an exclusion (or until the start date of any alternative provision or the end of the exclusion where this is earlier), the attached statutory guidance requires a head teacher to notify the pupil’s parents of the days on which they must ensure that the pupil is not present in a public place at any time during school hours. Any parent who fails to comply with this duty without reasonable justification commits an offence and may be given a fixed penalty notice or be prosecuted. The head teacher must notify the parents of the days on which their duty applies without delay and, at the latest, by the end of the afternoon session.</p><p> </p><p>On the 9 April, The Home Office (HO) published the Serious Violence Strategy. This sets out the government response to tackling county lines and establishes a new balance between prevention and rigorous law enforcement activity.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy set out the government’s response to serious violence and outlines an ambitious programme involving 61 commitments and actions including a new £11 million Early Intervention Youth Fund to support communities for early intervention and prevention with young people for financial years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 and a new National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to tackle violent and exploitative criminal activity associated with county lines.</p><p> </p><p>The attached HO guide for frontline practitioners on child criminal exploitation was launched in July 2017 and supports this work. The HO are also undertaking nationwide awareness-raising communication activity about the threat of county lines targeted to young and vulnerable people and how to avoid becoming involved and exploited by gangs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL9562_Exclusion_from_maintained_schools_academies_and_pupil_referral_units_in_England.pdf title HL9562_Exclusions_guidance 2 file name HL9562_Serious_Violence_Strategy.pdf title HL9562_Serious_Violence_Strategy 3 file name HL9562_HO_Child_exploitation_guidance.pdf title HL9562_HO_Child_exploitation_guidance question first answered 25/07/2018 15:39:32 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley