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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

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

678204

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	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	Timber: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much timber with bark for firewood has been imported into the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL4933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4934 HL4935 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:07:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL4933 HL4934 HL4935 - firewood imports with bark - Table.pdf title TABLE OF IMPORTS 2011-2015
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

678205

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	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	Timber: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which countries timber with bark for firewood has been imported into the UK in the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL4934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4933 HL4935 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:07:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL4933 HL4934 HL4935 - firewood imports with bark - Table.pdf title TABLE OF IMPORTS 2011-2015
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

678206

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	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	Timber: Imports
	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 impact on the eco-system of importing timber with bark to the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL4935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4933 HL4934 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:07:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL4933 HL4934 HL4935 - firewood imports with bark - Table.pdf title TABLE OF IMPORTS 2011-2015
	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	Heathland
	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

890689

	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	Forestry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions ministers have had with forestry stakeholders concerning forestry policy post-Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL7211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Ministers recognise the opportunities that leaving the EU offers a range of forestry stakeholders and have met a number of them. Defra officials have been working closely with forestry stakeholders, including through a recent event organised by the Forestry Commission, attended by more than 100 people representing a wide range of land owner and forestry interests.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/05/2018 11:34:53 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

890690

	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	Forests: North of England
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set out plans to ensure a appropriate balance between productive forest and amenity forest in the new Northern Forest.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL7212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Forest will deliver accessible community woodland, boost biodiversity and facilitate improved air quality, and increased physical activity and improved health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>The trees planted in the Northern Forest will be guided by the principle of the right tree in the right place, in line with the UK Forestry Standard.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions about the balance between different forest uses are ongoing between the Government, the Woodland Trust and Community Forests Partnership, and other stakeholders. An announcement will be made in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/05/2018 16:08:33 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere