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439763

	registered interest
	date	22/12/2015
	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, in the light of the failure of London, Leeds, and Birmingham to maintain nitrogen dioxide levels within legal limits over the past five years, what assessment they have made of whether relaxing emissions standards for cars is compatible with public health and legal requirements to control urban pollution.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Falkner of Margravine
	uin	HL4816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Government is committed to taking action on vehicle emissions testing that restores consumer confidence and delivers our wider air quality and climate objectives. We strongly support the current Real Driving Emissions agreement, which is expected to significantly reduce average real world NOx emissions from new diesel cars from 2017. It makes type approval requirements for diesel vehicles significantly more stringent by requiring manufacturers to ensure real-world emissions are maintained below 2.1 times the laboratory-testing limit in 2017 and at or below the laboratory-testing limit by 2020 (with a margin for measurement uncertainty). Issues relating to vehicle emissions are considered in the context of the UK Government’s plans for air quality. More detail is set out in the air quality plans published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the 17<sup>th</sup> December.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/01/2016 12:38:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3670 label Biography information for Baroness Falkner of Margravine

65931

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which criteria they will use, under the proposed changes to the Disabled Students' Allowance, to distinguish between the need for higher specification or higher cost computers where a student needs one by virtue of their disability, as opposed to a need because of the way in which a course is delivered.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The criteria for determining when Disabled Student Allowances (DSAs) will contribute to the cost of higher specification or higher cost computers will be set out in guidance that will be published alongside the appropriate regulations in the autumn. Support under DSAs will continue to be available if the need for a higher specification or higher cost computer is by virtue of the student's disability, rather than how the course is being delivered by the Higher Education Institution (HEI). If access to a higher specification or higher cost computer is essential to all students on that course, regardless of whether they are disabled or not, then provision of such computers would be a matter for the HEI.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2014 14:49:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

57569

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on defining complex needs for the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL42
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Extensive discussions are underway with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA) Guidance for 2015/16, due this autumn. The guidance will set out the conditions under which DSA will apply. Students will continue to undergo individual study needs assessments, but their needs will be met by DSA and Higher Education Institutions through their duties under the Equality Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL43 question first answered 18/06/2014 13:04:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

57570

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what definition of severity for those with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties will be used to justify continued support under the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL43
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Extensive discussions are underway with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA) Guidance for 2015/16, due this autumn. The guidance will set out the conditions under which DSA will apply. Students will continue to undergo individual study needs assessments, but their needs will be met by DSA and Higher Education Institutions through their duties under the Equality Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL42 question first answered 18/06/2014 13:04:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

79523

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department for Communities and Local Government have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL1422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A table has been placed in the Library of the House, it includes changes made to secondary legislation issued under the previous Administration.</p><p> </p><p>From time to time, we make amendments in response to scrutiny by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. We also undertake routine review of previous instruments to see if the drafting needs to be improved to ensure that the policy is properly delivered or minor errors corrected. Wherever possible, revisions are included with other substantive provision to minimise the number of statutory instruments made.</p><p>We take our responsibility to ensure the quality of all legislation emanating from the Department seriously and endeavour to keep to a minimum the need for correcting instruments. We have a system in place for appropriate 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> lawyer checks by senior lawyers; we provide regular legal awareness training and guidance for policy officials in making statutory instruments and actively engage with interested persons or groups, where possible, to test the quality of the draft legislation. We regularly review these processes to ensure that they continue to be effective and appropriate.</p><p>In addition, both the Treasury Solicitor and First Parliamentary Counsel are strongly committed to improving the quality of statutory instrument drafting across the Government Legal Service. In the coming months, the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (which provides legal services to my Department) will be looking at ideas for better training, a more consistent approach to supervision, checking, planning and timetabling of statutory instruments, better sharing of good practice, and the possibility of a specialist statutory instrument drafting “hub”, with experienced senior leadership.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2014 10:33:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

60565

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reported increase in complaints from university students about the educational services provided by universities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As independent and autonomous institutions, higher education institutions are responsible for handling student complaints and appeals. Information on the numbers of complaints handled by each institution is not currently collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We do anticipate that as a result of our higher education reforms students will have higher expectations of their universities and they are right to do so. Evidence from a recent survey of 99 institutions (and 36 students' union representatives) shows that universities are prioritising improvements in the student learning experience, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-student-learning-experience" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-student-learning-experience</a></p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA), which provides a service to higher education students who are not satisfied with an institution's final decision on their complaint, recently published its 2013 Annual Report. This includes data on unresolved student complaints in England and Wales and shows a slight fall in the number of these complaints. The OIA considered 1972 unresolved students complaints in 2013 in comparison with 2012 in the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/06/2014 16:48:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

79742

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Parking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any changes in parking regulations do not affect bus routes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL1634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As noted in the answer to the noble Lord of 29 July 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WA279, the Government will be banning the use of CCTV for municipal parking enforcement, subject to a very small number of exceptions that emerged following the public consultation; this includes parking in bus lanes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/09/2014 09:14:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

57573

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of cost is normally allowed for computers and software in one individual allocation of the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL46
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Computers and software are drawn from the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) specialist equipment allowance where a student has been assessed to receive these items. Other items that can be drawn from this allowance include certain items of specialist ergonomic equipment. For the 2013/14 academic year, the maximum amount available to a student from this allowance for the whole course is £5,212 for full time and part time students. There is one single DSA allowance of £10,362 for postgraduate students, from which computers and software can be drawn.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2014 11:49:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

63117

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is the latest estimate of employer spending on training in England, and (2) how much employers spent on (a) trainee wages in general, and (b) apprenticeships in particular, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Estimates of employer spend on training and Apprenticeship wages are in the public domain and can be accessed via the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Employer Skills Survey 2013, UK Commision for Employment and Skills (UKCES ) Jan 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2012, BIS Oct 2013 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2014 15:59:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

65184

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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	Further Education: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that adequate funds are allocated to further education colleges.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further Education colleges receive funding in respect of both young people aged 16-19 and adult learners aged 19 and over. We set out government priorities for adult skills provision annually in the Skills Funding Statement<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, with the Department for Education setting out its priorities in a letter to the Sector<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As independent autonomous organisations it is for college governing bodies to ensure value for money by designing an appropriate local offer that employers and learners value and are prepared to invest in.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last Spending Review, the Government looked to protect overall levels of adult Further education (FE) funding. The funding for adult Teaching and Learning in 2014-15 is broadly the same as 2012-13. Over this parliament the Government has undertaken a radical reform programme enabling FE colleges to use their freedoms and flexibilities to provide the high quality skills their learners, local economy and businesses need. In line with government policies there is an increased drive for employer ownership of skills funding, a continuing growth, and reform of, the Apprenticeships programme and an opportunity for individuals aged 24 and over studying at Level 3 and 4 to have access to Loans to help meet up-front course fees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and their operational arm, the Skills Funding Agency, are clear that FE colleges operating in the skills landscape must have robust sustainable business models, good financial controls and be resilient to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] The latest Skills Funding Statement is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278529/bis-14-p172a-skills-funding-statement-2013-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278529/bis-14-p172a-skills-funding-statement-2013-2016.pdf</a></p><p>2The letter to the sector is available at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293516/140318_March_letter_to_sector_FINAL__3_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293516/140318_March_letter_to_sector_FINAL__3_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/07/2014 14:36:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey