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447532

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date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Timber: Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sanctions the National Measurement Office can take against companies that trade in illegally imported timber.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL5434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013 provide for the use of a Notice placing obligations on companies to comply with requirements, breach of which is a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation 13 provides graduated penalties for offences: on summary conviction, a fine of £5000 and/or 3 months imprisonment; and on indictment, an unlimited fine and/or 2 years imprisonment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/02/2016 12:14:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

447533

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many vehicle testing kits are available to the government agencies responsible for checking whether vehicles comply with EU emission standards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL5435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Emissions type approval of new vehicles in the UK is carried out at commercially operated laboratories. There are five of these, as well as approved laboratories at manufacturers’ premises. The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) manages the approval testing of vehicles in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additional testing which is currently being undertaken on the road uses portable emission measurement systems (PEMS). The VCA owns two PEMS kits and can hire three additional PEMS kits from the commercial laboratories.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2016 12:10:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

447534

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Horticulture: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many horticulture training places on further education courses were available in each of the last five academic years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL5436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Further education is demand led. Training providers have the flexibility to offer courses that respond to local skills needs. However, Table 1 shows the number of further education enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Tier 2 Sector Subject Area (SSA) over the past five academic years.</p><p>Table 1: All Age Further Education Enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Sector Subject Area, 2010/11 to 2014/15</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Enrolments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>37,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>45,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>46,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>41,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1. These figures are a count of all enrolments that have occurred at any point in the year. Where a learner enrols on multiple aims (courses), these will be counted separately, even those with the same aim title.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further education is demand led. Training providers have the flexibility to offer courses that respond to local skills needs. However, Table 1 shows the number of further education enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Tier 2 Sector Subject Area (SSA) over the past five academic years.</p><p>Table 1: All Age Further Education Enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Sector Subject Area, 2010/11 to 2014/15</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Enrolments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>37,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>45,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>46,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>41,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1. These figures are a count of all enrolments that have occurred at any point in the year. Where a learner enrols on multiple aims (courses), these will be counted separately, even those with the same aim title.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/02/2016 16:09:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

447535

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Wildlife Crime Unit
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 future of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL5437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government fully understands the importance of tackling wildlife crime and the important contribution that the National Wildlife Crime Unit makes to this, both here in the UK and internationally. That is reflected in the fact that the Government is providing over £270,000 worth of specific funding to support the work of the Unit in 2015/16. As far as funding beyond March 2016 is concerned, a decision will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/02/2016 15:33:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch