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1655125

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the unemployment percentage rates in each parliamentary constituency in April 2010; and what are the equivalent percentages per constituency for July 2023.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
	uin	HL9689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2023 answer text <p>The estimated unemployment rates for the year to March 2010 and the year to December 2022 (the latest available data at a constituency level) are published and are given in the attached spreadsheet. As survey based estimates they are subject to sampling variation, which can be quite large for these small areas.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is also available at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p>Guidance for users can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/08/2023 14:46:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Attachment.xlsx title Attachment
	tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

1149804

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to lay regulations to implement mandatory electrical safety checks for the private rented sector; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL96
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018, Government committed to introducing mandatory five-yearly electrical safety inspections for electrical installations in privately rented properties. This will be achieved through secondary legislation, as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/10/2019 16:12:59 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1676139

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why autism is defined as a disability in some application forms for help from the Access to Work scheme and not in other cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>To apply for Access to Work customers must complete an application either online or over the phone. The application is the same no matter how they complete it. Customers are asked to describe their condition in their own words and how it impacts their work. The application form does not list or ask about any specific conditions. This supports the principle that Access to Work is tailored to each customer’s disability and support need.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 13/12/2023 12:59:37 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1676138

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many employment support providers have received support from the Access to Work scheme in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect data on the funding provided directly to employment support providers. Access to Work funding is, in most cases, paid directly to the customer, unless the customer requests that the funding is paid directly to an employment support provider.</p><p> </p><p>Access to work has recruited additional staff to ensure a high level of customer service. The digital payments portal was introduced in June 2023 and is available for all customers that choose to claim online.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work has received significant increase in payment claims over the last year and have recruited new staff to meet the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make payments<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL954 HL955 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:33:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1676137

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the budget for the Access to Work scheme has been underspent, and if so, by how much, in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work grant expenditure has been underspent against budget in three of the past five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22/23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budget (mid-year adjusted)</p></td><td><p>117.1</p></td><td><p>145.3</p></td><td><p>108.6</p></td><td><p>151.9</p></td><td><p>178.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full year outturn</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>146.8</p></td><td><p>104.5</p></td><td><p>146.5</p></td><td><p>177.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Over) / Underspend</p></td><td><p><strong>(7.4)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(1.4)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Other than years impacted by the Pandemic, the grant expenditure has increased year on year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2023 16:44:18 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1654988

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Families: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of spending by local authorities of Reducing Parental Conflict grants, in terms of matters such as internal human and other resources, training, and direct delivery to parents; and what are local evaluations showing is the impact of the way the grant is allocated locally.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL9555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>This phase of the Reducing Parental Conflict (RPC) programme (2022-25) focuses on supporting and funding Local Authorities (LAs) to integrate RPC into their family help offer. As such, the programme does not directly put parents through RPC interventions, these decisions are instead taken at a local level.</p><p>LAs receive RPC funding through the RPC Local Grant, which makes up to £19m available from 2022-25. In the first year of grant funding, LAs have directly supported around 18,000 parents, and over 30,000 training places for staff. Further details on LA breakdowns of grant funding have been appended to the end of this PQ.</p><p>In the first year of the RPC Local Grant, LAs had spent £159,000 of their Local Grant funding to undertake evaluation activities. As we are at the start of the second year of a three-year grant process, this work is ongoing. There are however positive findings emerging from local evaluation work. For instance, through our partnered working with ‘Foundations’, these have been published on their website.</p><p>LAs are not required to provide data on whether those parents are together or separating/separated. The forthcoming Reducing Parental Conflict evaluation reports, announced on 19th July, will provide further detail on the effects of support on the relationships between intact parents and separating/separated parents.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>RPC Local Grant Year 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activity Type</p></td><td><p>LA Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>£3,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delivery</p></td><td><p>£1,260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Co-ordination</p></td><td><p>£2,520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evaluation</p></td><td><p>£159,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To Note:</p><p>The information in this PQ is derived from internal management information and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards.</p><p>As this is ongoing Management Information, derived from 134 LAs, small amounts of additional resource which LAs have committed beyond their Grant Funding has not been disaggregated from the figures, as such totals may slightly exceed overall allocation in some places and the final reported figures will differ.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL9553 question first answered 01/08/2023 11:08:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1654986

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Families: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many parents have been directly supported since the start of phase two of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme through tested interventions that are proven to help parents who (1) want to stay together, and (2) are separating or separated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL9553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>This phase of the Reducing Parental Conflict (RPC) programme (2022-25) focuses on supporting and funding Local Authorities (LAs) to integrate RPC into their family help offer. As such, the programme does not directly put parents through RPC interventions, these decisions are instead taken at a local level.</p><p>LAs receive RPC funding through the RPC Local Grant, which makes up to £19m available from 2022-25. In the first year of grant funding, LAs have directly supported around 18,000 parents, and over 30,000 training places for staff. Further details on LA breakdowns of grant funding have been appended to the end of this PQ.</p><p>In the first year of the RPC Local Grant, LAs had spent £159,000 of their Local Grant funding to undertake evaluation activities. As we are at the start of the second year of a three-year grant process, this work is ongoing. There are however positive findings emerging from local evaluation work. For instance, through our partnered working with ‘Foundations’, these have been published on their website.</p><p>LAs are not required to provide data on whether those parents are together or separating/separated. The forthcoming Reducing Parental Conflict evaluation reports, announced on 19th July, will provide further detail on the effects of support on the relationships between intact parents and separating/separated parents.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>RPC Local Grant Year 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activity Type</p></td><td><p>LA Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>£3,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delivery</p></td><td><p>£1,260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Co-ordination</p></td><td><p>£2,520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evaluation</p></td><td><p>£159,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To Note:</p><p>The information in this PQ is derived from internal management information and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards.</p><p>As this is ongoing Management Information, derived from 134 LAs, small amounts of additional resource which LAs have committed beyond their Grant Funding has not been disaggregated from the figures, as such totals may slightly exceed overall allocation in some places and the final reported figures will differ.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL9555 question first answered 01/08/2023 11:08:41 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1676136

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Administrative Delays
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any delays, and the reasons for such delays, in paying funds to employment support providers who have successfully applied for help from the Access to Work scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect data on the funding provided directly to employment support providers. Access to Work funding is, in most cases, paid directly to the customer, unless the customer requests that the funding is paid directly to an employment support provider.</p><p> </p><p>Access to work has recruited additional staff to ensure a high level of customer service. The digital payments portal was introduced in June 2023 and is available for all customers that choose to claim online.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work has received significant increase in payment claims over the last year and have recruited new staff to meet the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make payments<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL954 HL957 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:33:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1676135

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated average time span from application to payment for employment support providers seeking help from the Access to Work scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect data on the funding provided directly to employment support providers. Access to Work funding is, in most cases, paid directly to the customer, unless the customer requests that the funding is paid directly to an employment support provider.</p><p> </p><p>Access to work has recruited additional staff to ensure a high level of customer service. The digital payments portal was introduced in June 2023 and is available for all customers that choose to claim online.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work has received significant increase in payment claims over the last year and have recruited new staff to meet the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make payments<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL955 HL957 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:33:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

940093

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the Student Loans Company pays for capital to lend to students; and how any profits it makes are used.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL9508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans on behalf of the UK government and devolved administrations with funding from Her Majesty’s Treasury. While the SLC itself pays nothing on this funding, the cost to the government of this capital is the same as that paid on its general borrowing.</p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid out and the interest charged can be found in the published document titled ‘DfE consolidated annual report and accounts 2016-17’ on pages 152 to 158, attached.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not make a profit on these loans, which is reflected through the impairment charge in note 14.3.3 on page 155 of the attachment. This shows the proportion of the loan outlay and interest that the department expects not to recover. Student loans are subsidised by the government as a deliberate investment in the skills base of the country, which delivers benefits for individual students and for society at large.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2018 13:56:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL9508 - DfE_Consolidated_annual_report_and_accounts_2016-17_print (1).pdf title HL9508_acceptances_by_STEM_subject
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon