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445355

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they collect any statistics on the number of children being educated at home who are the subject of abuse inquiries, or where the parents or guardian have been convicted of abuse; and whether they will publish any such statistics.
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL5119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the number of children who are the subject of abuse inquiries, whose parents or guardians have been convicted of abuse, or who are alleged to have suffered abuse. We are taking steps to ensure that the education system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people. It is unacceptable for any child of compulsory school age not to receive a suitable education. Local authorities have a responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.</p><p>The Department has taken robust steps to tackle unregistered schools. We are working closely with Ofsted who have agreed to take forward prosecutions for settings operating illegally as unregistered independent schools. We have also published proposals to introduce a new system to regulate out-of-school education settings which teach children intensively, and to intervene and impose sanctions where there are safety or welfare concerns. The call for evidence on out-of-school education settings closed on 11 January 2016 and responses are being analysed.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5120 question first answered 01/02/2016 13:59:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

445356

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they collect any statistics on the number of children who have been attending unregistered schools who are alleged to have suffered abuse; and whether they will publish any such statistics.
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL5120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the number of children who are the subject of abuse inquiries, whose parents or guardians have been convicted of abuse, or who are alleged to have suffered abuse. We are taking steps to ensure that the education system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people. It is unacceptable for any child of compulsory school age not to receive a suitable education. Local authorities have a responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.</p><p>The Department has taken robust steps to tackle unregistered schools. We are working closely with Ofsted who have agreed to take forward prosecutions for settings operating illegally as unregistered independent schools. We have also published proposals to introduce a new system to regulate out-of-school education settings which teach children intensively, and to intervene and impose sanctions where there are safety or welfare concerns. The call for evidence on out-of-school education settings closed on 11 January 2016 and responses are being analysed.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5119 question first answered 01/02/2016 13:59:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

846701

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether statutory instruments have been used to introduce increased fines for criminal offences at any point in the last 30 years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL5756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The standard scale of fines set down in the Criminal Justice Act 1982 for criminal offences in England and Wales was increased by primary legislation in the Criminal Justice Act 1991, and the Level 5 maximum was increased to an unlimited fine in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The standard scale has not been amended by Order in the period specified. Regulations may be made under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 provide alternative maximum penalties for some offences.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/03/2018 17:28:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

458830

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aegean Sea: People Smuggling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the commander of the NATO operation against people smuggling in the Aegean Sea will have a liaison officer from Frontex with the fleet, and if not, what liaison will take place between that operation and Frontex and other EU border or coastguard agencies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL6864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>NATO and Frontex are finalising joint working and information sharing arrangements, which might include the deployment of Frontex Liaison Officers on board NATO ships. NATO is coordinating at the tactical level with the Turkish and Greek coastguards, and the NATO command ship already has Turkish and Greek military liaison officers on board.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/03/2016 16:52:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

458831

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Aegean Sea
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action will be taken by the captain of any British ship operating under the auspices of NATO in the Aegean Sea if they identify a migrant or refugee boat in Greek waters.
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL6865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Royal Navy assets deployed in support of NATO's activity in the Aegean Sea will conduct reconnaissance and surveillance of illegal crossings. Migrant boats identified will, in the first instance, be reported to the Turkish and Greek coastguards and the EU Frontex mission for interdiction. However, if a migrant vessel was in distress, the Royal Navy ship would provide assistance, in accordance with international obligations.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/03/2016 16:52:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

523892

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Verma on 7 June (HL Deb, col 663), what is meant by the phrase "depend on securing the right aircraft".
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>We are seeking to establish commercial air services using the southern approach to the runway where wind shear is not a significant issue. A number of aircraft types have been identified which should offer reasonable performance using a southern approach (the Airbus A318 and A319, Boeing 737-600 and 737-700). We are in discussions with airlines on how we can bring one of these into service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 20/06/2016 16:21:58 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley