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1144886

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Hearing Impairment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet the National Deaf Children’s Society to discuss its report Deaf children across England fall an entire grade behind at GCSE, published on 20 August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL17720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The department values the perspective of the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) reports and officials are in regular contact with NDCS to discuss their concerns. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For 2020-21, the department has announced more than £700 million of additional high needs funding. This will fund children with more complex special educational needs and disabilities, including hearing impairment. This represents an increase of 11% compared to 2019-20, leading to a total of over £7 billion. This will help local authorities to manage the pressures that they will face next year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Whole School SEND Consortium, led by nasen, are currently delivering a £3.9 million 2-year programme of work to equip schools to identify and meet their training needs in relation to special educational needs and disability (SEND) and to build the specialist workforce in mainstream and special schools, including support for pupils with hearing impairment. The National Sensory Impairment Partnership, the membership of which includes NDCS, are key partners in the delivery of that programme of work.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 09/09/2019 16:38:56 question first ministerially corrected 04/10/2019 11:09:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton previous answer version 134495 answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1144149

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what access a college which has been refused registration by the Office for Students has to an independent appeals process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL17637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education and Research Act (HERA) sets out the procedure under which the Office for Students (OfS) refuses registration applications should a higher education provider not meet one or more of the OfS initial conditions of registration. The OfS will inform a provider to tell it they are minded to refuse its application. The provider then has an opportunity to make representations to the OfS, and it is only after considering these representations that the OfS takes a final decision. A provider may subsequently seek to challenge the decision through judicial review.</p><p> </p><p>While the OfS took on some of the responsibilities of the Higher Education Funding Council for England following its closure, the OfS was set up as a new organisation with a new remit and responsibilities. The OfS regulatory framework and its guidance to providers sets out how applications for registration are assessed. The department is unable to comment on individual cases related to the OfS registration process. Neither the department nor our ministers can intervene in judicial reviews of the decisions of the OfS.</p><p> </p><p>The OfS considers the impact on both current and prospective students before taking registration decisions. A decision to refuse is not taken lightly, but HERA is clear that a provider which does not meet the OfS initial conditions of registration must be refused. Circumstances for current students will vary at different providers. However, the OfS will always seek to work with the provider to ensure that students are supported to complete their studies – either at their current provider where existing students can continue to access student support for the purposes of teach out, or at a new provider. Higher education providers should have systems and policies in place to offer appropriate mental health support and signposting to specialist help where necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL17638 HL17639 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:50:12 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1144150

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about the reasons for the Office for Students refusing registration of institutions that have been operating successfully under the previous Higher Education Funding Council for England regulatory framework, including its financial sustainability test, such as Spurgeon’s College, despite the circumstances of an institution remaining unchanged.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL17638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education and Research Act (HERA) sets out the procedure under which the Office for Students (OfS) refuses registration applications should a higher education provider not meet one or more of the OfS initial conditions of registration. The OfS will inform a provider to tell it they are minded to refuse its application. The provider then has an opportunity to make representations to the OfS, and it is only after considering these representations that the OfS takes a final decision. A provider may subsequently seek to challenge the decision through judicial review.</p><p> </p><p>While the OfS took on some of the responsibilities of the Higher Education Funding Council for England following its closure, the OfS was set up as a new organisation with a new remit and responsibilities. The OfS regulatory framework and its guidance to providers sets out how applications for registration are assessed. The department is unable to comment on individual cases related to the OfS registration process. Neither the department nor our ministers can intervene in judicial reviews of the decisions of the OfS.</p><p> </p><p>The OfS considers the impact on both current and prospective students before taking registration decisions. A decision to refuse is not taken lightly, but HERA is clear that a provider which does not meet the OfS initial conditions of registration must be refused. Circumstances for current students will vary at different providers. However, the OfS will always seek to work with the provider to ensure that students are supported to complete their studies – either at their current provider where existing students can continue to access student support for the purposes of teach out, or at a new provider. Higher education providers should have systems and policies in place to offer appropriate mental health support and signposting to specialist help where necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL17637 HL17639 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:50:12 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1144151

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what provisions and alternative finance arrangements are being put in place to support students who have been affected by the Office for Student's decision to refuse registration of their educational institutions; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such refusals on student mental health.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL17639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education and Research Act (HERA) sets out the procedure under which the Office for Students (OfS) refuses registration applications should a higher education provider not meet one or more of the OfS initial conditions of registration. The OfS will inform a provider to tell it they are minded to refuse its application. The provider then has an opportunity to make representations to the OfS, and it is only after considering these representations that the OfS takes a final decision. A provider may subsequently seek to challenge the decision through judicial review.</p><p> </p><p>While the OfS took on some of the responsibilities of the Higher Education Funding Council for England following its closure, the OfS was set up as a new organisation with a new remit and responsibilities. The OfS regulatory framework and its guidance to providers sets out how applications for registration are assessed. The department is unable to comment on individual cases related to the OfS registration process. Neither the department nor our ministers can intervene in judicial reviews of the decisions of the OfS.</p><p> </p><p>The OfS considers the impact on both current and prospective students before taking registration decisions. A decision to refuse is not taken lightly, but HERA is clear that a provider which does not meet the OfS initial conditions of registration must be refused. Circumstances for current students will vary at different providers. However, the OfS will always seek to work with the provider to ensure that students are supported to complete their studies – either at their current provider where existing students can continue to access student support for the purposes of teach out, or at a new provider. Higher education providers should have systems and policies in place to offer appropriate mental health support and signposting to specialist help where necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL17637 HL17638 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:50:13 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1144152

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Hospitals: Statistics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) charities, (2) public bodies, (3) commercial companies, and (4) others, received Hospital Episode Statistics data from NHS Digital in August; and what percentage of each had (a) informed consent, (b) opt outs applied, and (c) neither.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL17640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that the numbers of organisations that have received Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data and the percentage of each that had informed consent, opt outs applied and neither within the month of August is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Organisations receiving HES data in August 2019, by Organisation Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Organisation Type</p></td><td><p>Informed Consent</p></td><td><p>Opt outs applied</p></td><td><p>Neither</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charities</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Body</p></td><td><p>1 (1%)</p></td><td><p>5 (4%)</p></td><td><p>117 (95%)</p></td><td><p>123 (100%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>7 (100%)</p></td><td><p>7 (100%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>2 (100%)</p></td><td><p>2 (100%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The HES data against the organisation type “charities” has not been released within August.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 09/09/2019 16:47:11 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1137078

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Devolution
	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 report by Lord Heseltine Empowering English Cities, published on 2 July; and whether they intend to provide a response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL16942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Lord Heseltine brought forward a motion in the House of Lords on the subject of this report on 17<sup>th</sup> July. It is a thought provoking report full of excellent ideas on devolution within England. I committed afterwards to share a record of the debate with every government department such is its importance. The Department is carefully considering its recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/07/2019 15:23:24 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath