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747996

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Be Real Campaign’s research that 52 per cent of secondary school pupils regularly worry about their physical appearance; and whether they will consider promoting Be Real’s Body Confidence Toolkit for Schools in all schools in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of the work of Be Real, and provided initial funding to launch its website. Caroline Dinenage, the previous Minister for Women and Equalities, met with Be Real following the launch of their toolkit, to thank them for their important work and discuss how we can best support young people’s body image.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 the Government funded the PSHE Association to develop and publish key standards on teaching about body image in schools, which I referred to in my previous answer. That includes a list of resources on body image that have been accredited by the PSHE Association, and the Be Real body confidence toolkit has received that accreditation and so is included within the key standards resource. The PSHE Association is a trusted source for teachers and schools, and I am confident that this is an important way to support the promotion of the Be Real resource to schools.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/07/2017 16:07:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

747997

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Government Equalities Office’s Body Confidence Campaign has undertaken any activities since its 2015 progress report; and whether any future activities are planned.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) continues to address the important issue of body image as part of its work to support young people’s media literacy, resilience, healthy relationships and healthy self-image. In 2015, the GEO funded the PSHE Association to develop key standards on teaching about body image in schools, and this resource has been used and valued by many teachers. It has been updated and is still available on the PSHE Association website.</p><p>The GEO also funded Media Smart, the advertising industry’s educational charity, to develop film-based resources for pupils in Key Stage 2 on the issue of body image in advertising. This resource was launched in 2016 and continues to be used and valued within schools.</p><p>The GEO has also addressed concerns about the very low weight of some fashion models. The previous Minister for Women and Equalities, Caroline Dinenage, hosted a roundtable for fashion models to hear their experience and concerns, and met with the British Fashion Council (BFC) to discuss what could be done to support models’ health and wellbeing. As a consequence, the BFC developed improved advice for models and agencies which is available on its website. The BFC also runs The Model Zone as a part of London Fashion Week, to support models’ wellbeing.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/07/2017 14:26:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1273648

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of whether current guidelines for schools are sufficient to address the spread of (a) the strain of COVID-19 identified in the UK, and (b) the reported “South African” strain of COVID-19; (2) who has conducted and is conducting any such assessment; (3) whether they plan to provide any new safety measures to schools to address any such new strains of COVID-19; and (4) if so, when they plan to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL11762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The department has worked closely with Public Health England to develop a system of controls to reduce the risk of transmission in schools. When implemented in line with a revised risk assessment, these measures create an inherently safer environment for children and staff where the risk of transmission of infection is substantially reduced. The system of controls is reviewed continually in light of new evidence – including evidence about new variants.</p><p> </p><p>There is no evidence the new variant of the virus ‘VUI – 202012/01’, identified in the UK, causes more serious illness in either children or adults and there continues to be strong evidence to date that children and younger people (under 18 years) are much less susceptible to severe clinical disease than older people.</p><p> </p><p>There is no current evidence that it may be particularly dangerous to clinically extremely vulnerable children.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work closely with Public Health England and others to update our guidance based on the latest medical and scientific advice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 19/01/2021 15:08:16 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

790406

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sick Leave
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many days were lost through sickness absence in each of the past five years (1) at the Student Loans Company, (2) at the Department for Education, and (3) for the average UK worker.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of days that are lost through sickness absence for the Student Loans Company (SLC) and the Department for Education are set out in the attached document.</p><p> </p><p>The data for the financial year 2017/18, in the attached table, shows that the number of days lost from April to October has reduced by 26% from 2016/17. This decrease can be contributed to the introduction of a new Attendance Management Policy from August 2017 which has seen the days lost each month reduce by over 30%.</p><p> </p><p>Even with seasonal variation in sickness levels, we would expect the reduction in days lost to still remain at 26% due to the continued attention paid to sickness absence within SLC. If this reduction was maintained until the end of the 2017/18 financial year we would see the average number of days lost per employee reduce to less than 12 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics holds data on sickness absences for the average UK worker, which is available on their website.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/11/2017 16:31:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL3316 - Sickness Absence for SLC and DfE - 201117.docx title Sickness Absence for SLC and DfE
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

790405

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Steve Lamey
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many formal complaints they received about Steve Lamey while he was Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company; how many of those complaints were upheld; and what investigations were carried out into Steve Lamey's performance as Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Two whistleblowers raised separate allegations about Steve Lamey whilst he was Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company (SLC). Two separate independent investigations were put in place to investigate these allegations.</p><p> </p><p>The allegations raised against Steve Lamey were fully considered by SLC as his employer, in line with established SLC processes. For reasons of confidentiality there are no plans to make public the investigation reports or the detailed findings they contain.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/11/2017 16:34:30 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

41717

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff are currently employed for more than 50 per cent of their working week to support the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education in his role as Accounting Officer; and what are their job titles.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>A large proportion of the staff who work in the Department for Education support the Permanent Secretary in his role as Accounting Officer.</p><p>The information requested about those who do so for more than 50% of their working week is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1144179

	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	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students who have overpaid their student loans since 2009–10 have yet to be refunded.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL17667
	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 information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 09/09/2019 16:46:35 question first ministerially corrected 30/09/2019 17:08:22 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge previous answer version 134450 answering member printed Baroness Berridge answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1305849

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount of student debt has been sold in each of the past five years; and at what value.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL14582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2021 answer text <p>The government has carried out 2 sales of student loans in the past 5 years. The first sale, completed in December 2017, achieved £1.7 billion from a cohort of loans with a face value of £3.5 billion. The second sale, completed in December 2018, achieved £1.9 billion from a cohort of loans with a face value of £3.9 billion.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 12/04/2021 13:07:33 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1305852

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of graduate earnings in their calculation of the write off of student loan debt.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL14585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2021 answer text <p>The department’s assessment of the earnings of student loan borrowers takes into account the latest Student Loan Company and Longitudinal Education Outcomes data, plus survey data from the Labour Force Survey and British Household Panel Survey, mortality statistics from the Office for National Statistics and macro-economic forecasts of earnings growth from the Office for Budget Responsibility. The assessment can be accessed here: <a title="https://obr.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-july-2020/" href="https://obr.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-july-2020/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-july-2020/</a>, in the document 'July 2020 Fiscal sustainability report - charts and tables: Chapter 2'. Detailed information on the assessment of graduate earnings is published in the Earnings forecasts section of the Student Loans methodology, which can be found here: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2019-to-2020" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2019-to-2020</a>, in the document 'Student loan forecasts, England 2019 to 2020: quality and methodology information'. The next update to the student loan forecasts publication is announced for June 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 12/04/2021 10:50:36 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

790403

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Student Loans Company
	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 (1) performance, (2) management, and (3) governance, of the Student Loans Company; and what plans they have to review the Student Loans Company’s performance and governance structures.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Student Loans Company’s (SLC) performance remains strong, with customer satisfaction rates for applicants currently stable at around 85%, and for borrowers in repayment at around 72%. In this academic year, SLC has processed over 1.4 million applications for student funding, and has paid out approximately £2.5 billion in maintenance funding and £2 billion in tuition fee payments to providers.</p><p> </p><p>SLC services around 1.8 million applications per year, responds to 4.5 million phone calls from borrowers and has over 6 million repaying or due to repay customers with loans totalling more than £100 billion. In addition, it has delivered a range of new products on time and successfully. This includes Post Graduate Loans and simplified Advanced Learner Loans. SLC has demonstrated significant improvements in its operational performance over the last 6 years, and last year the Company received complaints about its service from fewer than 0.1% of its customers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the performance of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is reviewed regularly by the chairman, and annually by the responsible minister. Following the recent termination of the CEO’s contract, the SLC Board, in consultation with its shareholders, has acted swiftly to appoint Peter Lauener, currently Chief Executive of the Education and Standards Funding Agency, and Institute for Apprenticeships, as Interim CEO from Monday 27 November.</p><p> </p><p>SLC’s governance performance and management is kept continually under review to ensure learners and their sponsors receive the high quality service they expect.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/11/2017 17:09:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn