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1042971

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date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to require assessors of Disabled Students' Allowance to hold an Assessment Practising Certificate.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL12921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Study needs assessors of Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) determine the specific support a student requires. They are currently not required to hold an Assessment Practising Certificate.</p><p> </p><p>We recently announced the decision to allow students with Specific Learning Difficulties, such as dyslexia, who are applying for DSA to use evidence of their diagnosis from before 16 years of age. Currently, for the purposes of DSA, the person carrying out this diagnostic assessment must hold an Assessment Practising Certificate, but we are considering whether to allow alternative accreditation routes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/01/2019 11:39:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1042972

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: India
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the return of Indian nationals who are in the UK illegally; and how many Indian nationals were returned to their home country in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL12922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>There is no country specific policy or guidance, instead, the decision to re-turn or not is made very carefully on a case by case basis. First and fore-most, we encourage people with no right to be here to leave the country vol-untarily and offer help for them to do this. Where they fail to leave, the Home Office will take action to enforce their departure as a last resort.</p><p>Figures detailing returns in relation to nationality can be found within the published immigration statistics data:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/01/2019 17:05:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1042973

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Community Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a single ministerial post for integrating communities and civil engagement; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government is responsible for communities and integration and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society is responsible for the Office for Civil Society.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/01/2019 16:40:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042974

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently training to be teachers specialising in citizenship.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The annual Initial Teacher Training Census provides data on the number of trainee teachers recruited each year in which citizenship trainees are included in the ‘Other’ subject category.[1]</p><p>Analysis of the underlying data shows that in the academic year 2018/19, 37 postgraduate trainees began training in citizenship.[2]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Of the 385 trainees included in the ‘Other’ subject category some are listed as belonging to a particular subject such as citizenship, dance or economics in the underlying data. Out of these trainees, 146 do not belong to any of the available subject categories and are listed as other in the underlying data, it is not known if any of these are citizenship trainees.</p><p>[2] Figures for 2018/19 are provisional and subject to change. Data were extracted on 19 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/01/2019 15:53:24 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042975

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a specialist leader of education category for the teaching of citizenship; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Following the government’s commitment, set out in our response to the Lords Select Committee report ‘The Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century’, the introduction of specialist leaders of education in citizenship was announced earlier this month.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 31/01/2019 14:16:36 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042976

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to distinguish between the teaching of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and the teaching of citizenship in the national curriculum.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>All state schools must offer a curriculum that is broad and balanced and that prepares pupils for the opportunities and responsibilities of later life. The department does not, however, stipulate how schools should organise themselves to best deliver their curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have a duty to support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils and support the promotion of fundamental British values. Ofsted is currently consulting on proposals for a new inspection framework that has a strong emphasis on schools providing a broad and balanced curriculum for all their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Citizenship is in the national curriculum at key stages 3 and 4 and provides pupils with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to be informed, active and engaged citizens. The citizenship programme of study, introduced in September 2014, allows schools the freedom to use their professional judgement and an understanding of their pupils to develop the right approach for teaching in their schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Personal, social, health and economic education is a non-statutory subject in maintained schools although most schools teach it. Whilst it is not part of the national curriculum, schools are encouraged to teach it as part of their duty to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. It is compulsory in independent schools.</p><p> </p><p>The government is making relationships education compulsory in all primary schools, relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools and health education compulsory in all state-funded schools. We recently consulted on draft guidance for these subjects and this included a statement to note that these new subjects should complement, rather than duplicate, what is already taught through the national curriculum. We expect to lay the regulations, and accompanying draft guidance, in spring 2019 for debate and vote in Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 31/01/2019 17:20:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042977

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Teaching Methods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of different methods of teaching English and their effectiveness.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The department does not make assessments of the methods employed by schools to teach English. Schools are free to decide on the most appropriate teaching methods and practices, depending on their pupils’ needs. We strongly encourage them to use teaching methods based on sound evidence. For example, the Education Endowment Foundation publishes robust evidence on effective pedagogic practice, for example its Teaching and Learning Toolkit, which is used by around 6 out of 10 teachers in senior leadership positions when deciding which approaches to adopt to improve teaching.</p><p>When it comes to the teaching of reading, the national curriculum requires the systematic teaching of phonics. There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that systematic phonics is a highly effective method for teaching early reading. The department has invested £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support local schools in developing their teaching practice, with a focus on systematic phonics. We are also funding 6 Phonics Partnerships and a series of Phonics Roadshows, to spread good practice and improve phonics teaching.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 28/01/2019 11:40:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042978

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Supported Housing: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether VAT is being added to the cost of site staff at supported housing facilities for elderly people and similar schemes; and what assessment they have made of the (1) financial, and (2) practical implications of that policy for (a) such facilities, and (b) elderly residents of those facilities who have limited resources.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL12928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The supply of any on-site staff to an individual, landlord or company has, since the inception of VAT, been a taxable supply.</p><p>As there has been no change in government policy in this area, no financial or practical assessment on implications of this policy for housing facilities for elderly people has been carried out.</p><p>Any individuals facing difficulties in meeting their accommodation costs may want to contact the Department for Work and Pensions to establish whether they are entitled to any additional financial support.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/01/2019 11:23:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1042979

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote awareness of the fact that NHS dental treatment is free for those under the age of 18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL12929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>All those under the age of 18, or under 19 and in full time education, are exempt from National Health Service dental charges. Those who are pregnant or gave birth in the last 12 months or are on specified income related benefits are also exempt from charges.</p><p> </p><p>Information on which groups of patients are exempt is widely available. All dental practices providing NHS care are contractually required to display a standard poster setting out current NHS charges and highlighting that patients may be exempt from or entitled to help with charges. This poster along with a patient leaflet setting out NHS dental entitlements in more detail, is provided free of charge to every practice in England delivering NHS dental treatment.</p><p> </p><p>As well as in all NHS dental practices, information on charges and exemptions is also available through other channels such as the online NHS dental section (formerly NHS Choices) and in the NHS ‘help with health costs’ booklet. The NHS Business Services Authority provides information on NHS charges and who is exempt through its Twitter and Facebook social media channels. NHS England also runs periodic local initiatives, where it assesses if there is a need to further raise awareness locally among those patients who may be exempt or are through low income entitled to partial help with costs. Specifically, for parents starting out on parenthood, information that children receive free treatment is included in the personal child health record, the so called ‘red book’ all new parents are given.</p> answering member printed Baroness Manzoor question first answered 29/01/2019 17:39:15 answering member 4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1042980

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact NHS England's Starting Well scheme has had to date; and whether they have any plans to extend that scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL12930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The ‘Starting Well’ programme, led by NHS England at the request of the Department, is designed to reach out to families with young children in 13 high need areas who are not currently under the care of a dentist. There are now over 300 practices participating in the scheme. The first schemes began in spring 2018.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has commissioned an external evaluation of the scheme and its impact. NHS England advises the first information from this evaluation is expected to be made available later in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has since developed a complementary scheme ‘Starting Well Core’ which allows areas not involved in the original scheme to commission and fund locally similar approaches based on their assessment of local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Manzoor question first answered 30/01/2019 17:41:24 answering member 4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern