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174838

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date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Firearms
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of recent events in Paris, they are reconsidering the range of weapons issued to armed police units in this country.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL4265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Following the attacks in Mumbai in 2008, the Government set up a programme to improve the UK’s ability to respond to this type of incident. As a result, there has been a step change in police firearms capability, speed of military response and the ability of emergency services specialists to save lives under higher risk conditions, as well as a range of other measures to enhance protective security.</p><p>We have improved joint working between the emergency services. Specialist joint police, ambulance and fire teams are now in place in key areas across England, with equivalents in Scotland and Wales, trained and equipped to respond and manage casualties in the event of a marauding gun attack. Regional and national response to firearms attacks are regularly tested and exercised. However, since the recent events in Paris, and to be absolutely sure we have the right numbers of officers, with the rights skills and equipment, in the right places, we are working with police to review these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2015 16:12:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

174841

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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 whether they have plans to encourage more maintained schools to work with independent schools in establishing new cadet units.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL4268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Many of our most respected independent schools and some state schools have for over 100 years looked to military themed activities to give their pupils a sense of discipline, adventure and achievement.</p><p> </p><p>Partnership with an existing cadet unit provides many benefits to state funded schools wanting to set up new units under our Cadet Expansion Programme. Partnership helps to share good practice and transfer skills, especially into schools with no prior military experience. There are many established independent school cadet units willing to partner with state schools.</p><p> </p><p>To date 23 of the 65 schools approved to establish a cadet unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme are benefiting from such a partnership. While we strongly encourage partnership to help schools establish a new unit, we also encourage them to develop their aspirations to establish a stand-alone unit that is able to deliver the cadet experience to many more of their pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/01/2015 13:59:16 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

174844

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the right of the cantons of northern Syria to negotiate for themselves in any future process for peace within Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>It will be for all Syrians to decide and agree the exact nature of a future political settlement, including the shape of the constitution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/01/2015 14:09:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

174848

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Devolution: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 16 January (HL3924) concerning an English parliament, why Scottish and Welsh people were consulted through referenda about their future governance but English people are not to receive similar consultation about how they are to be governed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL4275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that just as the people of Scotland will have more power over their affairs, it follows that the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over theirs. The Government published a Command Paper on the implications of devolution for England which contains separate proposals from each of the Coalition parties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 26/01/2015 17:44:58 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

174849

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Males
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 16 January (HL4047) concerning numbers of male and female teachers in primary and secondary schools, what action they intend to take to increase the proportion of men to at least 40 per cent of the total number of teachers.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL4276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>We value diversity in the workforce but want the best people in the classroom regardless of their gender. Evidence shows that the quality of teaching is the single most important factor in schools that determines how well pupils achieve. Teaching continues to be a hugely popular career with more teachers in England’s classrooms than ever before and record levels of top graduates entering the profession. We are pleased that the quality of entrants to initial teacher training, as measured by degree class, remains high, with 17% of postgraduate entrants, a new record, holding a first class degree. The Government continues to take decisive action to ensure we have high quality teachers in classrooms across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2015 15:27:02 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

174850

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures available for the number of male and female teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL4277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE)[1] and headcount number<sup>1</sup> of male and female teaching assistants in service in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in England, November 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Education matters in Wales are a responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary[2] [3]</p></td><td><p><strong>156,240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>257,330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>9,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>149,500</p></td><td><p>247,500</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Secondary<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>54,350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70,690</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9,110</p></td><td><p>11,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>45,200</p></td><td><p>59,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Teaching assistant numbers are published in table 3a of the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013’, published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.</p><p>[2] Includes local authority maintained nursery schools.</p><p>[3] Includes gender unknown.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2015 15:28:28 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

174851

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the Syrian refugee crisis and the ongoing war in that country, they will reconsider their policy of demanding the resignation of President Assad and promoting peace talks between the Assad regime and the officially-recognised opposition.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL4278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The Assad regime is responsible for the crisis in Syria; there is no realistic prospect of peace while Assad is in power. The only way to end the violence, and counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is through inclusive governance which can represent all communities, free from Assad. The UK continues to believe that a negotiated political transition in Syria, in line with the Geneva communiqué, is the only way to end the conflict and alleviate Syria’s humanitarian crisis. The UN is best placed to facilitate any talks between the regime and the opposition designed to help bring about a political settlement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/01/2015 14:10:36 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

174530

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bahrain
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 risk that Bahrain’s security services are being infiltrated by supporters of Daesh, and the consequent advisability both of training those services and of basing United Kingdom naval forces in Bahrain.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL4230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence keeps the security situation in Bahrain under regular review, in order to inform all decisions on security measures for deployed personnel and on co-operation with Bahrain Defence Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 27/01/2015 17:10:44 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

174535

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Rights of Way
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 number of historic rights of way which will not have been recorded by the time of the cut-off in 2026, broken down by (1) routes where claims have been submitted, and (2) routes for which claims have not been submitted.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made any assessment of the number of historical public rights of way which will not have been recorded by the time of the cut-off date in 2026. Any assessment would depend on a number of unknown variables and could only be made at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 27/01/2015 16:56:51 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

174537

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made an assessment of (1) the types of routes on which Pacer units are regularly used by Northern Rail, and (2) the types of rolling stock that could be appropriate for those services as replacements for Pacers within the new franchise.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Pacers are used by Northern Rail on a diverse mix of rural and urban routes. In a number of cases, they are used to provide additional peak capacity on busy commuter routes. It will be for bidders for the new franchise to consider which rolling stock types might be appropriate as replacements for Pacers, subject to meeting the requirements of the specification that the Department will set out in the Invitation to Tender, but bidders may conclude that different rolling stock types – or rolling stock with different internal layouts – may be suitable for the various types of route on which Pacers are deployed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 27/01/2015 14:03:38 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves