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1674193

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on access to third-party litigation funding of the Supreme Court’s judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28.
tabling member printed	Lord Gold
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>A Government amendment to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill seeks to mitigate the impact of the judgment on litigation funding agreements for opt-out collective proceedings in the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT). The Bill is currently being considered by Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is assessing the impact of the judgment and considering options for non-CAT proceedings.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 13/12/2023 12:49:04 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4237 label Biography information for Lord Gold

1468281

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: Internally Displaced People and War Crimes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Amnesty International's report Bullets rained from the sky, published on 31 May, about war crimes and displacement in eastern Myanmar.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is deeply concerned by Amnesty International's latest report which highlights widespread atrocities against communities in Kayin and Kayah States, including indiscriminate attacks against civilians. We have been clear in our condemnation of the military coup in Myanmar. We are committed to ending the culture of impunity and continue to push for de-escalation of violence to create space for a political resolution. We are also fully committed to responding to urgent humanitarian needs, particularly for the most vulnerable communities, as well as supporting and sustaining the pro-democracy movement.</p><p>We are using sanctions to target the military's access to equipment which allows them to continue their campaign of violence. We have provided £500,000 to the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar which collects and preserves evidence of human rights violations for future prosecution. We also established the Myanmar Witness programme which gathers and reports on open-source information on serious human rights violations and abuses, including those against the Rohingya.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/06/2022 16:29:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1330182

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teaching Methods: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have spent on personal tutoring for students since March 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>In summer 2020 a £1 billion catch up package was announced to help to tackle the impact of lost teaching time as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, including a £350 million National Tutoring Programme (NTP) for disadvantaged students.</p><p>The NTP programme for 5–16-year-olds has two pillars:</p><ul><li>Schools can access high quality, subsidised tuition support from approved Tuition Partners</li><li>Schools in the most disadvantaged areas have been supported to employ in house Academic Mentors to provide tuition to their pupils</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition to the 5-16 programme, the government made available up to £96 million to support small group tuition for 16–19-year-olds, which is delivered through the 16-19 tuition fund, and £9 million to support the improvement of early language skills in reception classes this academic year.</p><p>Schools can choose from a variety of tuition models through Tuition Partners, including online, face-to-face, small-group and one-to-one tuition, dependent on the needs of pupils. Tuition is available in English, Mathematics, humanities, modern foreign languages, and science for secondary pupils, and literacy, numeracy, and science for primary aged pupils.</p><p>Since the launch of the NTP in November 2020, over 232,000 pupils have been enrolled to receive tutoring from over 5,400 schools. Our ambition is to offer tuition to 250,000 pupils. Of those enrolled, over 173,000 have already commenced tutoring.</p><p>The department estimates that over 400,000 young people will have been eligible for tuition through the 16-19 tuition fund in academic year 2020/21. The 16-19 tuition fund enables further education colleges and sixth forms, including independent training providers, to arrange one-to-one and small group tuition for disadvantaged students whose education has been disrupted because of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>In February 2021, the department announced a £700 million plan to continue to support young people to catch up on lost education, including an £83 million expansion of the NTP for 5–16-year-olds. This brings the total funding for the next academic year to £215 million. We also announced an additional £102 million to extend the 16-19 tuition fund for next academic year.</p><p>As part of the education recovery plan announced on 2 June<strong>, </strong>the department shared plans to invest additional funding to help further expand tuition support. This includes:</p><ul><li>£218 million of new funding to be directed to the Tuition Partner and Academic Mentor pillars of the NTP. This is in addition to the £215 million already announced to be invested in the academic year 2021/22</li><li>£579 million of funding will be provided to schools to develop localised school-led tutoring provision using new or existing school staff. This will work alongside the NTP offer and will see tutors directly employed by schools</li><li>£222 million to fund an extension to the 16-19 tuition fund for two further years from academic year 2022/23.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL699 question first answered 16/06/2021 16:46:42 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1175222

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to address the ethnicity pay gap; and if so, when such legislation will be introduced.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government ran a consultation from October 2018 to January 2019 on Ethnicity Pay Reporting and received over 300 detailed responses. BEIS Ministers and officials have met with businesses and representative organisations to understand the barriers towards reporting and what information could be published to allow for meaningful action to be taken. We have also run voluntary methodology testing with a broad range of businesses to better understand the complexities outlined in the consultation using real payroll data and will share next steps in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 04/02/2020 15:31:03 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

750568

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers are currently in custody awaiting final decisions on their settlement applications.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes figures on the number of asylum claims and decisions made as part of its Immigration Statistics release. The latest version can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">Immigration statistics, January to March 2017: data tables - GOV.UK</a> and in the attached table.</p><p>The table below shows the total number of claims and decisions made in each of the last two years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Decisions Made</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>32,733</p></td><td><p>28,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>30,603</p></td><td><p>24,984</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/07/2017 13:33:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table - PQ HL700.docx title Table - HL700
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

525118

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) 14-year-olds, and (2) 15-year-olds, are enrolled full-time at (a) general further education colleges, and (b) university technology colleges, for the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Based on an analysis of the 2015/16 Individualised Learner Record returns made by colleges, there were 631 14-year-old and 511 15-year-old full time students on approved 14-16 direct enrolment programmes studying high-quality vocational qualifications alongside general qualifications including English and mathematics within the Key Stage 4 curriculum.</p><p>In addition, there were 154 14-year-old and 613 15-year-old full time students predominantly studying Level 3 qualifications in further education colleges.</p><p>According to data from the January 2015 school census, there were 1,994 14-year-old and 1,319 15-year-old full time students enrolled at university technical colleges in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/06/2016 16:12:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

384489

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Conflict Resolution: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to report on progress in implementing the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and if so, when such a report will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text The third UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, covering the period 2014-17, was published in June 2014. In December 2014 we presented an Implementation Plan to Parliament, which set out our goals for action on this important issue in our priority countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Somalia and Syria. The National Action Plan, jointly owned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence, demonstrates our intention to put women and girls at the centre of all our efforts to prevent and resolve conflict; to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls; and to promote peace and stability internationally. We will report to Parliament on progress in implementing the National Action Plan in the autumn. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/07/2015 12:03:11 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

64617

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why independent special schools were removed from the official published league tables, and whether they will consider restoring them.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Independent schools, including independent special schools, are not required to follow the national curriculum, conduct teacher assessment or enter pupils for key stage 2 national curriculum tests. They have never therefore been published in the primary school performance tables. However, they have always been included in the secondary school performance tables.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/07/2014 11:15:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden