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622433

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date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: First Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 27 September (HL1929), whether they will provide further details about the not-for-profit training programme for drivers in delivering first aid, including (1) the name of the programme; (2) a description of the programme; (3) details of the current status and scope of the programme; and (4) details of any plans to publish an assessment of the programme's efficacy.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Driver First Assist was established with support from across the emergency services, to deliver a programme of work with the same name.</p><p> </p><p>It provides training for drivers in administering lifesaving first aid and managing the scene of a road traffic collision, prior to the arrival of the emergency services. The Department for Transport has awarded Driver First Assist a grant in 2016-17 to help it publicise its training programme.</p><p> </p><p>For large goods vehicle drivers the course will count towards their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence periodic training. To date, over 700 large goods vehicle drivers have been trained.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will evaluate the use of the grant in due course but has no specific plans to publish an assessment of the programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:44:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622434

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that independent training providers are not unfairly disadvantaged when competing with further education colleges in the delivery of apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has launched the application process for a new register for delivery of apprenticeships from 1 May 2017 – the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers. The register will be a list of organisations that have demonstrated their capability to deliver apprenticeship training, thereby encouraging diversity and competition in the provider market. Its application process has been developed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which require transparency and equal treatment of applicants. The evaluation criteria that test capability to deliver and quality of apprenticeship training do not differentiate between the types of organisation applying.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 May 2017, employers who will use a digital account to pay for their apprenticeship training will be able to choose any provider from the register to deliver their apprenticeship training.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/11/2016 15:47:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622435

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the total number of apprenticeship starts in the latest year for which figures are available were in (1) jobs for new employees, and (2) apprenticeships for existing employees with their current employer.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The ‘<em>Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2015</em>’ report published in October 2016 provides the following key findings on routes into apprenticeships:</p><p> </p><p><strong> New employees</strong></p><ul><li><p>Nearly half (48%) of Level 2 and 3 apprentices were recruited with the intention of doing an apprenticeship.</p></li><li><p>Compared to Level 2 and 3 apprentices, higher apprentices were less likely to have been specifically recruited to an apprenticeship (32%).</p></li><li><p>In the 2014 survey a third of apprentices stated they had been recruited specifically as apprentices.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p><strong> Existing employees</strong></p><ul><li><p>Two-thirds (67%) of higher apprentices were existing employees, down from 80% reported in 2014, but much higher than Level 2 and 3 apprentices (51%).</p></li><li><p>The vast majority (88%) of Level 5 apprentices were existing employees, compared to a third (34%) of Level 4 apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>Source: <em>Apprenticeships Evaluation 2015 - Learners A report by IFF Research, with the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick</em>, October 2016</p><p> </p><p>The attached document shows information on the recruitment into apprenticeships (Levels 2 and 3), taken from the source above.</p><p> </p><p>Note: The Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2015 consisted of quantitative interviews with 5,000 Level 2 and 3 apprentices, as well as 800 higher apprentices, to explore their views of their apprenticeship. This research covered both current apprentices at the time of survey, and recent completers (those that had completed their apprenticeship 12-20 months prior to being interviewed).</p><p> </p><p>The department can only use survey information rather than administrative data to answer this question.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/11/2016 14:20:16 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL2756 attachment.doc title Recruitment into apprenticeships (Levels 2 and 3)
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622437

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to increase awareness of the available post-16 apprenticeship options among parents, teachers and pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a range of activities to increase awareness of the available post-16 apprenticeship options among parents, teachers and pupils.</p><p>The four-year ‘Get In Go Far’ campaign, which launched in May 2016, aims to influence public perceptions, awareness and attitudes towards apprenticeships as a route into a successful career. It also aims to help young people aged 14-24 get the skills they need and encourage more young people to apply and more employers to offer apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p>Schools have a statutory duty to provide independent careers guidance for 12-18 year olds, including information about apprenticeships. The National Careers Service provides independent, professional advice on careers, skills and the labour market, including information on the benefits of apprenticeships and how to apply for vacancies. The Careers and Enterprise Company has a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people to inspire them and prepare them for the world of work. Apprenticeships are an essential part of this inspiration and preparation, which the Company are promoting through its nationwide Enterprise Adviser Network, which now has almost 1200 Advisers in place, and other programmes including its £5m 'Careers and Enterprise Investment Fund’.</p><p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) engages with schools to promote apprenticeships, including through the ‘Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools project’; ‘Apprenticeship Champions’ in schools across England, and the ‘Amazing Apprenticeships’ schools’ resources portal. The SFA Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Networks and Employer Ambassadors raise awareness of apprenticeships, partnering with UCAS to test the early advertising of higher and degree vacancies to Year 13 students applying for university.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 15:50:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622438

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which elements of the future surface transport needs required for the proposed third runway at Heathrow would be state funded or guaranteed.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>Heathrow Airport Limited, will meet the cost of the surface access improvements necessary to allow expansion of the airport, including re-alignment of the M25, the A4 and A3044, as well as airport and terminal access roads.</p><p> </p><p>Where projects have wider beneficiaries, such as Western Rail Access and Southern Rail Access, the Government will expect Heathrow to fund an appropriate proportion of the costs based on the direct benefits for the airport.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/11/2016 13:50:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

622443

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 24 October (HL Deb, col 44), whether they will undertake to provide a running record of ministers' and civil servants' meetings on Brexit with individuals, organisations, businesses and other relevant stakeholders, along with the topics of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL2764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings will be published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK. Details of sectoral roundtables are published on the GOV.UK website when they occur.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 03/11/2016 13:29:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

622444

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Climate Change Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to draw up their own Intended Nationally Determined Contribution as an independent signatory to the Paris Agreement or remain a party to the Joint EU commitment to reduce emissions by 40 per cent below 1990 levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s commitment to tackling global climate change is firm. Until we leave, the UK will remain a full member of the EU, with all of the rights and obligations this entails.</p><p>The UK is a Party to the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change individually as well as through the EU. Once the UK has deposited its instrument of ratification it will be bound by all the obligations of the Agreement under international law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:57:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622445

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the capital cost of new-build offshore wind farms is rising or falling; and what impact that has had on cost estimates for the level of subsidy provided through the Levy Control Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s last published levelised cost report shows offshore wind costs have fallen.</p><p>Support costs are determined by a combination of the Government’s view of generation costs and by competitive allocation. We expect both of these to further drive down support costs for future projects.</p><p>At Budget 2016, we announced that the reserve prices for offshore wind will fall from £105/MWh for projects commissioning in 2021, to £85/MWh for projects commissioning in 2026.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:19:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622446

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Wind Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the price paid per megawatt hour for (1) onshore wind, and (2) offshore wind, is higher in the UK or Germany; and how important the relative wind conditions are in determining those prices.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to directly compare support costs between the UK and Germany, as the design of the electricity markets and support schemes are different.</p><p>In the UK, support to large-scale renewable electricity generators is provided by the CFD Allocation Framework and has been awarded competitively through auctions.</p><p>The reserve price for each technology, known as the administrative strike price, is modelled on the basis of the Government’s best view of electricity generation costs.</p><p>These costs are calculated on the basis of capital costs, operating costs and the Government’s estimate of the expected volume of electricity produced.</p><p>For wind generators, expected generation is determined by both wind speeds and the amount of time turbines are expected to be unavailable due to maintenance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:18:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622447

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the additional greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to be made by remaining EU member states if the UK is no longer bound by a future Effort Sharing Decision in order to meet their collective 2030 target of a 40 per cent reduction of 1990 levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s commitment to tackling global climate change is firm. Until we leave, the UK will remain a full member of the EU, with all of the rights and obligations this entails.</p><p>We are at the start of what will be a long process of considering options and implications very carefully. However, as long as we are a full Member of the European Union, we will continue to participate in negotiations on EU2030 climate legislation, including the Effort Share Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:53:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue