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932045

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the House of Lords is subject to all aspects of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL9018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The House of Lords is a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The provisions of the Act apply to recorded information held by the House of Lords Administration, except for information described in the Freedom of Information (Parliament and National Assembly for Wales) Order 2008 which is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1967/pdfs/uksi_20081967_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1967/pdfs/uksi_20081967_en.pdf</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 04/07/2018 10:35:44 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

672266

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Nationality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any ministers are citizens of a country other than the UK; and if so, who.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL4604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/01/2017 17:32:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

155358

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Imperial War Museum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to assist the Imperial War Museum in continuing to provide its library services to meet the extra demand during the commemorations of the First World War.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL2816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS continues to work closely and positively with IWM. The IWM remain fully committed to maintaining IWMs presence in Manchester, London and Cambridgeshire. The IWM are considering changes to how core collections including books are accessed at IWM London, and a programme of digitisation of these core collections is in train so that those across the UK and further afield who are not able to visit the museum sites in person, can engage with IWMs subject matter.</p><p>All accessioned collection items, and some (non-accessioned) books, ephemera, etc. will remain at or under the museum’s direct management and will continue to be accessible by appointment. However, IWM is also looking at a number of options, including possible transfer to other institutions for the materials currently held in IWMs library that are not part of its core (accessioned) collection, so that these might still be accessible to the public.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 25/11/2014 16:33:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

170863

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Logos
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they provide to Members of Parliament regarding the use of the United Kingdom Armed Forces logos in political literature.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL3810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry Of Defence (MOD) does not permit the use of United Kingdom Armed Forces logos in political literature. Information on MOD copyright licensing is attached and is available on the Department's website at the following link:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311992/20140515_MOD_Copyright_Licensing_Information.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311992/20140515_MOD_Copyright_Licensing_Information.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 06/01/2015 17:18:24 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever attachment 1 file name 20140515_MOD_Copyright_Licensing_Information.pdf title MOD Copyright Licensing Information
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

432547

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Political Activities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what restrictions there are on army officers being selected by a political party as a candidate for an elected post, such as police and crime commissioner.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL3956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Members of the regular Armed Forces of the Crown are disqualified from membership of the House of Commons by the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and from election to the European Parliament by the European Parliamentary Act 1978. Such personnel must therefore apply for permission to retire voluntarily or resign or be granted a free discharge from the Service before their formal adoption as a Parliamentary candidate or prospective candidate. Such personnel must complete their last day of service before their formal adoption as a candidate or prospective candidate.</p><br /><p>No regular Service personnel or members of the Reserve Forces when serving on a full time Service commitment or additional duties commitment shall issue an address to electors or in any other manner publicly announce themselves or allow themselves to be publicly announced as a candidate or a prospective candidate for election to:</p><br /><p>UK Parliament, European Parliament, Scottish Parliament or Parliament of the Irish Republic for any Parliamentary constituency;</p><br /><p>the Northern Ireland Assembly or the National Assembly for Wales for any Assembly constituency;</p><p>any legislative assembly of the Commonwealth; or as a</p><br /><p>Police and Crime Commissioner.</p><p>Any person to whom this applies and who desires to stand as a candidate or who seeks election as described above must make an application through normal Service channels to retire voluntarily or to resign or to be granted a free discharge. Such an application should be made as early as possible. Approval of an application will depend on the exigencies of the Service. On leaving the Service, an unsuccessful candidate will have no right to reinstatement. A candidate or prospective candidate must take all steps within his power to ensure that no public announcement of his candidature is made before he has retired, resigned or been discharged.</p><br /><p><br></p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/12/2015 16:59:14 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

772408

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students entered university nursing courses in each academic year since 2010, including those who started in the current academic year 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL2101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2015/16 and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on entrants to nursing courses since 2009/10 are provided in the below table. Statistics for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years will be published in January 2018 and 2019 respectively.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Entrants to Nursing Courses at UK HEIs - Department for Education (DfE) Analysis of the HESA student record</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Entrants </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>97,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>88,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>86,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>75,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>78,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>81,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>83,610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DfE Analysis of the HESA student record</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures include entrants on all levels and all modes of study.</li><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person equivalents (FPE). Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li><li>Includes FPE students with course aims in the Joint Academic Coding system (JACS3) category of (B7) Nursing which is part of the subject area ‘Subjects allied to medicine’. More information is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal" target="_blank"><em>https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal</em></a><em>.</em></li><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 5.</li></ol> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/10/2017 16:14:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

810002

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Doctors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many undergraduates in total were enrolled in UK university training to be doctors on 1 November of (1) 2010, (2) 2011, (3) 2012, (4) 2013, (5) 2014, (6) 2015, (7) 2016, and (8) 2017; and how many new undergraduates enrolled in UK universities to train to be doctors in each year from 2010 to 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL4348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects data on students enrolled and qualifying from courses at UK Higher Education Institutions, including information on subject of study.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the numbers of enrolments in first degrees in pre-clinical and clinical medicine (as defined by the Joint Academic Coding System in each academic year, including how many were newly enrolled that year (“entrants”)). Information for the 2016/17 academic year will become available on the 11 January 2018.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/01/2018 17:55:34 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL4348 - Attachment - 040118.docx title Enrolments in medicine UK HEIA 2010/11 - 2015/16
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

515901

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electric Cables: Lake District National Park
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with National Grid in relation to the erection of pylons to carry power through the Lake District National Park from the proposed nuclear generation station adjacent to Sellafield.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL7967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Government holds regular discussions with National Grid across a range of energy matters. Some of these include factual updates from National Grid on its proposed major electricity transmission projects. When this occurs, Ministers and officials do not provide any views to National Grid due to the role DECC Ministers would play in the determination of any development consent applications.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/05/2016 14:24:30 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

833594

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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	Controlled Burning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) any environmental impact assessment regulations, and (2) the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, permit the removal of scrub and the burning of gorse between 1 and 8 August without the written permission of Natural England; and if so, whether those carrying out such removal and burning receive grants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL5217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2007 govern the burning of heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse and vaccinium. The period 1 to 8 August is outside the burning season set out in the Regulations. For upland areas the season is 1 October to 15 April and for areas outside the uplands it is 1 November to 31 March. However, Natural England (NE) is able to grant licences for burning outside these dates if certain conditions and requirements are met.</p><p> </p><p>Other legislation will also generally apply to the removal of scrub and the burning of gorse. For instance, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 prohibits any activity, including burning, that disturbs or destroys wild birds and their nests or other protected plants and animals.</p><p> </p><p>Where farmers are claiming payment under the Basic Payment Scheme, as a condition of payment they will also have to comply with the requirements of the Heather and Grass Burning, etc, Regulations, including the relevant closed periods for burning.</p><p> </p><p>Options which apply to the control or management of scrub and gorse for the benefit of the environment are available for farmers and other land managers in the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. These include the management of moorland and lowland heathland. These options take into account relevant legislative provisions. If a Countryside Stewardship agreement holder wished to carry out burning, they must follow The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2007. Advice is available from NE or from the Forestry Commission for woodland.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/02/2018 11:11:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

890688

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to redraw grant schemes post-Brexit to create a level playing field between agriculture and forestry projects subject to the suitability of the chosen area for a particular planting scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL7210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>On 27 February the Government launched the consultation document ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’.</p><p>Our new agricultural policy will be underpinned by payment of public money for the provision of public goods such as those delivered through forestry. In the consultation document, capital grants are listed as one of the potential elements of a future environmental land management system.</p><p>The results of the consultation will help to inform our future policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/05/2018 16:17:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere