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1452353

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date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people have been recruited to skills bootcamps in the years (1) 2019–20, (2) 2020–21, and (3) 2021–22 so far; and how many of these students studied environmental sustainability.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Skills Bootcamps are short, flexible courses for adults aged 19 and over. They support adults to gain sector-specific skills. This includes skills that support sustainability and the green industrial revolution, such as retrofit construction, vehicle electrification, and woodland management.</p><p>Skills Bootcamps are very popular and there is a high demand for places. The department anticipates that approximately 16,000 Skills Bootcamps places will be provided in the 2021/22 financial year. These are backed by £43 million from the National Skills Fund. The current Wave 2 of the programme saw a number of Skills Bootcamps delivered in green sectors and jobs. We will continue to expand the programme further following the announcement of £550 million additional funding at the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021. This expansion will include an increased delivery of Skills Bootcamps that will support adults into green jobs.</p><p>There were no Skills Bootcamps delivered in the financial year 2019/20. Between September 2020 and March 2021, over 2000 participants completed a Skills Bootcamp. Data collected as part of the evaluation of these Skills Bootcamps suggests that 22% of participants were aged 19 to 25.</p><p>The department has commissioned process and impact evaluation for wave two of Skills Bootcamps, which is currently being delivered in the 2021/22 financial year. This evaluation will provide further information about participation in Skills Bootcamps in the 2021/22 financial year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 16:58:05 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1452354

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adults aged (1) 24–40, and (2) 41–60, have applied for the free courses in (a) A Level equivalent, or (b) higher qualifications, since April 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The free courses for jobs offer, launched in April 2021, gives adults the chance to access their first level 3 qualification for free. From April 2022, any eligible adult in England earning under the National Living Wage annually (£18,525 from April 2022) or unemployed, regardless of their prior qualification level, will also be able to access the scheme.</p><p>There are over 400 level 3 qualifications on offer in areas such as engineering, social care, and accounting, alongside many others. These qualifications can support adults to gain skills to improve their wages and access new job opportunities.</p><p>There were almost 12,000 enrolments reported on the level 3 free courses for jobs programme between April to October 2021. This enrolment figure will continue to grow as providers deliver to more learners throughout the year.</p><p>The latest published data shows 6,640 24 to 40-year-olds and 3,920 41 to 60-year- olds were reported as starting on level 3 qualifications available through the free courses for jobs offer between April and October 2021.</p><p>Qualifications above level 3 are not available as part of the free courses for jobs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 16:29:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1452355

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many ENTHUSE bursaries were approved in the years (1) 2020–21, and (2) 2021–22 so far, in both (a) primary, and (b) secondary, schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>During the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, 346 primary teachers and 333 secondary and post-16 teachers were supported by a Department for Education funded Enthuse bursary.</p><p>During the period 1 April 2020 to 31 July 2020, there were no Department for Education-funded Enthuse bursaries awarded to support the cost of teachers attending face-to-face Continuing Professional Development, in line with government guidance on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>During the period 1 April 2021 to 18 March 2022, 685 primary teachers and 781 secondary and post-16 teachers were supported by a Department for Education-funded Enthuse bursary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 13:53:33 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1452356

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) bursaries, and (2) prestigious scholarships, worth £26,000 tax free to teachers in (a) Chemistry, (b) Computing, (c) Maths, and (d) Physics, have been awarded in (i) 2019–20, (ii) 2020–21, and (iii) in 2021–22 so far.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The attached tables show the number of trainees awarded either bursaries or scholarships for postgraduate secondary chemistry, computing, mathematics, or physics courses from the 2019/20 academic year to the 2021/22 academic year. The tables also show the bursary and scholarship rates available for each year.</p><p>Figures for the 2019/20 academic year have been taken from data reconciled against accredited initial teacher training provider’s expenditure as part of our annual assurance exercise. Figures for the 2020/21 academic year have been taken from internal funding models and are currently being reconciled as part of the assurance exercise for that year. Figures for the 2021/22 academic year are the latest available and are subject to change as the academic year continues.</p><p>Bursaries and scholarships are paid to trainees in monthly instalments provided they remain active on the course. Not every trainee awarded a bursary would receive the full amount available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 16:37:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL7043_bursaries_and_scholarships_table.pdf title HL7043_table
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1452357

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in (1) 2019–20, (2) 2020–21, and (3) 2021–22 so far, have provided internet access to disadvantaged students.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government has provided support for over for over 130,000 families to get online through uplifts in mobile data and 4G wireless routers. This included partnering with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help over 33,000 disadvantaged children get online and delivering over 100,000 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. Schools may also have made their own plans to provide internet access to disadvantaged children and information on this is not held by the department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 12:39:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1452358

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in (1) 2019–20, (2) 2020–21, and (3) 2021–22 so far, have offered their students (a) 5, (b) 6, (c) 7, (d) 8, (e) 9, (f) 10, (g) 11, or (h) 12, GCSEs.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the subjects offered by individual schools. However, the department does publish the number of entries into GCSE subjects, which can be used as a guide to how many schools offer these qualifications.</p><p>The number and percentage of state-funded schools with pupil entries into at least 5 to 12 different GCSE subjects in academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 is in the attached document. This does not necessarily mean that in the schools that entered pupils into at least 5 different GCSE subjects, that any one pupil was entered into all the different GCSEs.</p><p>The data is not available for the 2021/22 academic year because the department does not yet hold information on what exams were taken in this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 12:39:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL7045_table_showing_gcse_entry_2.pdf.pdf title HL7045_table
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1452359

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hyde Park: Motor Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to encourage the Royal Parks to close permanently the South Carriageway and the North Carriageway in Hyde Park to vehicular traffic in order to improve the quality of the environment and safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Hyde Park.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Royal Parks manages Hyde Park on behalf of HM Government, and is responsible for decision-making about operational matters.</p><p>This is therefore an operational matter for The Royal Parks. We understand, however, that South Carriage Drive has been closed since March 2020 as part of a trial to reduce through-traffic in Hyde Park. Whilst the original trial was focused on weekend restrictions, the road has also been closed for safety reasons on weekdays during this period due to the introduction of a temporary cycle path, immediately outside the park, by Transport for London.</p><p>We understand that The Royal Parks is currently assessing evidence of the trial on the weekend restrictions, and plans to make an announcement about the closure later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 31/03/2022 16:14:06 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1452360

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Tidal Power: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use Regulated Asset Base funding for projects with a long construction period for tidal range projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains open to considering well-developed proposals for harnessing the tidal range energy in the bays and estuaries around our coastlines, including barrage schemes and other alternatives. Any such proposal would need to demonstrate strong evidence of value for money in the context of other renewable technologies, as well as details of its associated energy system benefits and environmental impact mitigation strategies before the Government could take a view on its potential or on the funding models appropriate for exploration.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 31/03/2022 15:41:55 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1452361

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to publicise the changes in the law on driving while using a mobile phone which commence on the 25 March; and in particular the law that drivers must not use a handheld phone when they are stationary in a traffic queue.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2022 will broaden the offence of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving to cover offline use of phones as well as the interactive communication functions covered now. The Government plans to accompany the law change with a THINK! campaign to remind drivers not to use a hand-held phone at the wheel and to highlight the penalties of choosing to ignore this new law.</p><p>Nothing in the new Regulations alters the position on what constitutes driving; it has been, and will remain, an offence to use a hand-held mobile phone while stationary in traffic. However, the Government is taking this opportunity to amend Rule 149 of The Highway Code to emphasise this fact.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 22/03/2022 14:12:38 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1452362

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: Public Transport
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 public health benefits of wearing a face mask on public transport.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL7049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Face coverings are effective at reducing transmission in enclosed and crowded spaces, such as public transport and can reduce the risk of spreading infection when covering the nose and mouth. The UK Health Security Agency’s research suggested that all types of face coverings were effective in reducing the transmission of COVID-19. Additionally, the Scientific Advice Group for Emergencies found that face coverings are likely to reduce transmission through all routes, by partially reducing emissions of and/or exposures to the full range of aerosol and droplets which carry the virus.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 24/03/2022 15:44:36 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth