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455138

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Countries: Nationality
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 judgment of the European Court of Justice in <i>Rottmann v Freistaat Bayern </i>(Case C-135/08) that a decision by an EU member state to deprive a person of national citizenship cannot result automatically from the fact that the person in question acquired that status by deception, in particular in the light of Section A of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning issues raised by Denmark regarding the Treaty on European Union (<i>Official Journal</i> C348/1, 31/12/92).
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The European Court of Justice confirmed in the case of Rottmann that it was required to take into account the Edinburgh Decision of 1992 when interpreting the EU Treaties. On the facts of the case, the Court found that the decision to deprive the applicant of German nationality had to comply with the EU principle of proportionality. The Court considered that this conclusion was consistent with the Edinburgh Decision.</p><p>In its application of this judgment, the UK Court of Appeal confirmed in the case of G1 that Member States retain competence over the acquisition and loss of citizenship and the principle in Rottmann only applies if EU law is engaged on the particular facts of each case.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/03/2016 15:30:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

454650

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	School Milk
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have (1) to develop a new strategy for the implementation of the European School Milk Scheme from 2017, and (2) to involve stakeholders in developing that strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL6400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>If the European Parliament formally endorses the proposal for a revised EU School Milk Scheme in Plenary on 8 March 2016, it is likely to enter into force in spring 2016 and apply in schools from August 2017. We will use this period to consider the new requirements and consult with interested parties. Member States that wish to participate will be obliged to submit a multi-annual national strategy setting out their priorities for implementing the new Scheme. Detailed rules for the drawing up of national strategies will be adopted by the Commission in a delegated act which will be negotiated in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 02/03/2016 15:53:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

454655

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are in place to regulate the activities of individuals who offer support services to victims of crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL6405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) currently funds a range of support services for victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, grant agreements require organisations to adhere to the Victims’ Code and the EU Victims’ Directive when providing services for victims and MoJ has the right to terminate grant funding to those who do not comply with these, or other relevant requirements of the grant agreement .</p><p> </p><p>Where organisations funded either by MoJ or PCCs are registered charities, they will also be subject to regulation by the Charity Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 09/03/2016 17:38:27 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

454664

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Loran Navigator System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations to the governments of France and Norway about their discontinuing the transmission of Enhanced Loran signals on 31 December 2015, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL6414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Officials continue to discuss with their counterparts in France and Norway the decision by those countries to discontinue Loran transmissions, to understand their reasoning and plans for the disused transmitters.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/03/2016 12:01:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

454665

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessments they have carried out on the future of resilient position, navigation and timing systems and the vulnerability of the global navigation satellite system to intentional and unintentional jamming.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL6415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the strengths and limitations of global navigation satellite systems such as GPS and Galileo, and the importance of the position, navigation and timing services that they provide.</p><p> </p><p>The issue of the vulnerability of satellite based navigation systems has been addressed in the National Space Security Policy, which notes that the signals received from satellite navigation systems are inherently weak. The policy recognises that a proportionate approach is needed to ensure that space infrastructures are resilient to threats, including for instance the use of alternative or fall-back methods of providing the necessary services in the event of an interruption.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for determining alternative methods will rest largely with owners and operators of space services or with infrastructure owners and operators, with oversight provided by lead Government departments. UK industry has well recognised capability in developing systems that identify and mitigate intentional and unintentional interference to GNSS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/03/2016 12:54:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

454738

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials of his Department were employed specifically to assist with negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	28328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Prior to 1 April 2014 the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership was handled alongside a number of other trade negotiations. On 1 April 2014 my Department established a Unit whose primary purpose is to assist with the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership but which also handles certain other international matters. In April 2014 this Unit comprised 8 staff primarily working on TTIP and 4 working on other international matters. It currently comprises 10 staff working primarily of TTIP and 6 working on other international matters. Staff expenditure for this Unit in 14/15 was £793313, and in 15/16 is projected to be £916007. Total expenditure for this Unit in 14/15 was £886813 and in 15/16 is projected to be £926774.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 28301 28337 question first answered 02/03/2016 17:06:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 47980 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

454740

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate (a) public and (b) private sector involvement in developing ultra-fast FTTH broadband in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	28180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Virgin Media’s ultrafast network reaches around 45% of UK premises, whilst BT plan to make available ultrafast speeds to 10 million premises by 2020. Smaller providers, such as CityFibre, Gigaclear and Hyperoptic, are also investing to provide ultrafast services.</p>The Government set up a UK Guarantee Scheme to support infrastructure projects, such as the £3 billion Virgin Media ultrafast broadband network expansion. In addition, the government is consulting on a new broadband investment fund, specifically to support the deployment of new broadband networks. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/03/2016 15:46:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

454746

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on encouraging school leavers to consider careers in science and mathematics of the conclusion of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in its report, Engineered in Britain, published in December 2015, on the rate of change in the numbers of school leavers considering such careers.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	28192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to increase the number of young people studying science and mathematics This includes an ambition that by 2020 we want to see a 20% increase in A level entries by girls to these subjects. Since 2010, there have been 28,000 more science and mathematics A level entries.</p><p>In order to attract the best and brightest into the teaching profession, we are offering bursaries and scholarships of up to £30,000 to attract top science and mathematics graduates into teaching. We are also investing up to £67 million to recruit 2,500 additional maths and physics teachers and upskill 15,000 existing non-specialist teachers over the lifetime of this parliament. We welcome the contribution that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is making through its programme of two-week industrial placements which will give teachers a better understanding of the application of science and engineering in the real world.</p><p>The Government is also taking action to ensure that young people are making well-informed choices about their future which include a good understanding of the value of science and mathematics subjects. Programmes such as STEM ambassadors and the Big Bang Fair are aimed at raising awareness of the range of careers that science and technical qualifications offer. The Government also supports the industry-led Your Life campaign which aims to transform perceptions of science and maths.</p><p>We want to transform careers education and guidance so that all young people can access high quality support when they need it. The Government plans to publish a comprehensive careers strategy later this year to outline this government’s plans for improving careers provision by 2020. Over this parliament we are committing a total of £70 million to our strategy. As part of this, we will provide further funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to embed and further extend its projects already underway, including the Enterprise Adviser Network, its Careers and Enterprise Fund, its research and wider activity to bring schools, colleges, business and careers and enterprise organisations closer together.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2016 17:40:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

454748

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the report commissioned by his Department from Ecofys on international electricity prices has not yet been published; when the Government plans to publish that report; and whether that report found that electricity price increases for energy intensive industries as a result of climate policies will be larger in the UK than any other country.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	28214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is currently reviewing the findings of the Ecofys international energy price comparisons report. We are considering publication options but the report found that the increase in electricity prices for energy intensive industries varies considerably by country depending on their climate change policy landscape.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:59:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

454750

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which universities have (a) introduced and (b) committed to introduce degree apprenticeships since September 2015; how many such degree apprenticeships each such university has introduced since September 2015; and in which industries those degree apprenticeships have been in.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	28235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>We will not have final numbers until after the academic year in question, however Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data for August to October 2015 (reported to date and rounded to the nearest 10) show that two universities – Sheffield Hallam University and University of Northumbria at Newcastle – have reported Level 6 apprenticeship standards starts. Sheffield Hallam University has 10 Level 6 apprenticeship standards starts in the management and leadership discipline, and University of Northumbria at Newcastle has 20 Level 6 apprenticeship standard starts in the digital industry.</p><p> </p><p>A further 19 universities have committed to the introduction of higher and degree apprenticeships since September 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/03/2016 17:35:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 47989 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds