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1083764

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date	07/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken, or plan to take, to ensure that the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, made on 31 October 2000, on the involvement of women in peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction are being fully complied with in the Stockholm Agreement process on ending the war in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL14327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Government has lobbied the conflict parties for greater inclusion of women in formal peace talks and have raised the importance of doing so. Through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), we support UN Women initiatives, such as the Yemeni Women Pact, to increase women’s participation in and leadership of official peace processes.</p><p>​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/03/2019 16:22:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1083409

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
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 report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages and the British Council, A national recovery programme for languages, published on 4 March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL14292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The government welcomes the All Party Parliamentary Group’s report. Languages are increasingly important to ensure future competitiveness in the global market.</p><p>The department’s strategy for languages includes the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) performance measure, which has seen the proportion of GCSE entries from pupils in state-funded schools in a modern foreign language (MFL) increase from 40% in 2010 to 46% in 2018. The reformed national curriculum makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a foreign language in key stage 2.</p><p>Our £4.8 million MFL Pedagogy Pilot commenced in December 2018. It is managed by the newly appointed MFL Centre for Excellence and is run through 9 school-led hubs, to improve uptake and attainment in languages at key stages 3 and 4. The department has launched a pilot project in MFL undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils to drive up participation in the subject, specifically targeting areas of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils.</p><p>Recruiting MFL teachers is also a priority. Generous financial incentives are offered for languages teaching, including scholarships in MFLs worth £28,000, and tax-free bursaries, typically worth up to £26,000. The government is working in partnership with Spain’s Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to deliver Spain’s Visiting Teachers Programme to provide schools with access to a pool of qualified teachers from Spain who are able to teach MFLs. For the 2019/20 academic year. This programme will be open to secondary schools and also (as a pilot) to primary schools. In addition to this, the Teacher Subject Specialism Training programme aims to improve the subject knowledge of non-specialist teachers and returning teachers in MFLs and increase the number of hours taught.</p><p>The department has also recently launched the new Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, which will attract new teachers to all subjects, including MFLs.</p><p>The department continues to promote the value of language qualifications to students who are choosing their GCSEs and to their parents. A guidance leaflet for parents was recently published, and can be found attached, which explains why studying a language, as part of the EBacc, broadens opportunities in both education and employment. In February, the department drew attention to the benefits of studying a language among 13-14 year olds through a social media campaign.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/03/2019 17:52:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1038906

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to bring forward measures to ensure that Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament, providing for the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings, will be incorporated into UK statute before 29 March; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL12743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings was transposed into UK domestic law by 27 October 2013 when it came into force. The Government has no plan currently to alter those provisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/01/2019 17:24:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

990472

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
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 report by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Respecting communities in International Development: language and cultural understanding, published in June, in particular its finding that the lack of attention to language by the Department for International Development and others can frustrate the success and sustainability of development programmes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL10805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the value of language capability for the delivery of our core mission and programmes. In particular, it enables us to understand contextual issues and needs, and helps us to communicate, engage stakeholders, develop positive relationships, and influence across our delivery chain.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that we have deep capability in terms of local context, culture and languages, we employ Staff Appointed in Country (SAIC) as a core part of our operating model. Of the 1345 DFID staff employed in our overseas offices, 61% are SAIC. Our SAIC work in a range of advisory, needs assessment, programme design and management, and evaluation roles. SAIC are recruited with a high level of English capability.</p><p> </p><p>For DFID’s UK staff deploying to locations overseas where English is not an official operating language, we seek to recruit people with the specified level of local language required for those roles. Where this is not possible, we provide language tuition to develop people to the required proficiency level. This tuition is delivered in a variety of ways dependent on the needs of the individual and the team they will be joining, e.g. via group tuition and some is immersive 1:1 tuition undertaken overseas.</p><p> </p><p>Through our procurement and funding processes we also verify that our delivery partners have the capability to understand and operate in the relevant country context.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing our current approach to language capability and considering how language skills feature through DFID’s resourcing and employee lifecycles. We will consider the findings of the report as part of our review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2018 14:09:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

972722

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools are part of (1) maths hubs, (2) careers hubs, and (3) modern foreign languages hubs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL10305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the budget for 35 maths hubs across England between 2016-17 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths hubs</p></td><td><p>£14 million</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td><td><p>£23 million</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td><td><p>£6 million</p></td><td><p>£9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Teaching for Mastery programme in 2016 approximately 2,900 schools have taken part in the programme with a further 2,700 starting in the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The department announced on 3 August that there will be £4.8 million funding for the modern foreign languages (MFL) hubs programme, over the next four years. We expect that this will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL hubs</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MFL hubs programme will pilot an approach to raising the standard of teaching in modern foreign languages by taking forward the recommendations made in the Teaching Schools Council Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, which was led by head teacher and linguist Ian Bauckham.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of the pilot, in 2023, at least 400 schools will have received direct support from the MFL hubs.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy committed £5 million of funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to set up 20 new careers hubs across the country to test the model piloted in the North East to improve progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks, in addition to continuing to support the work of the original pilot hub in the North East. This will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Careers hubs</p></td><td><p>£2.6 million</p></td><td><p>£2.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, 10 of the new careers hubs will also receive a share of £1.25 million to spend on careers activities spread across both years.</p><p> </p><p>The hubs will start their work from September 2018 and are funded to run for two academic years until July 2020. The 20 new hubs and the expanded North East Hub will cover 700 schools and colleges in total.</p><p> </p><p>[1] For further information regarding the work of this review please see the following webpage: <a href="https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/" target="_blank">https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10306 question first answered 26/09/2018 13:35:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

972723

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the annual budgets for (1) maths hubs, (2) careers hubs, and (3) modern foreign languages hubs; and for how many years each type of hub will be funded.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL10306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the budget for 35 maths hubs across England between 2016-17 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths hubs</p></td><td><p>£14 million</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td><td><p>£23 million</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td><td><p>£6 million</p></td><td><p>£9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Teaching for Mastery programme in 2016 approximately 2,900 schools have taken part in the programme with a further 2,700 starting in the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The department announced on 3 August that there will be £4.8 million funding for the modern foreign languages (MFL) hubs programme, over the next four years. We expect that this will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL hubs</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MFL hubs programme will pilot an approach to raising the standard of teaching in modern foreign languages by taking forward the recommendations made in the Teaching Schools Council Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, which was led by head teacher and linguist Ian Bauckham.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of the pilot, in 2023, at least 400 schools will have received direct support from the MFL hubs.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy committed £5 million of funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to set up 20 new careers hubs across the country to test the model piloted in the North East to improve progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks, in addition to continuing to support the work of the original pilot hub in the North East. This will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Careers hubs</p></td><td><p>£2.6 million</p></td><td><p>£2.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, 10 of the new careers hubs will also receive a share of £1.25 million to spend on careers activities spread across both years.</p><p> </p><p>The hubs will start their work from September 2018 and are funded to run for two academic years until July 2020. The 20 new hubs and the expanded North East Hub will cover 700 schools and colleges in total.</p><p> </p><p>[1] For further information regarding the work of this review please see the following webpage: <a href="https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/" target="_blank">https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10305 question first answered 26/09/2018 13:35:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

969309

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Languages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many officials from the Department for International Trade have received language training at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Language Centre to help prepare them to conduct negotiations leading to future Free Trade Agreements.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL10139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2018 answer text <p>Languages are an important element of this Department’s capability needs and the Department continues to encourage its civil servants in the development of their language skills. We will draw on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s in-country diplomatic staff and their language expertise and we currently have twenty four designated language roles overseas. We expect future Free Trade Agreements being considered at this time will be negotiated in English, including with the US, Australia and New Zealand. Where they are not, it is normal practice to make use of professional interpreters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 21/09/2018 11:37:09 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

969310

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Languages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the value of a language skills audit across the civil service to the potential recruitment of any additional trade experts needed post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL10140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department encourages its civil servants to expand and develop their language skills, including those who will be involved in Free Trade Agreement negotiations. The department currently has twenty four designated language roles overseas. The Department has no current plans to undertake a language skills audit across the Civil Service in order to support the potential recruitment of any additional trade experts post-Brexit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 21/09/2018 11:37:46 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

947082

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: White Papers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who was responsible for producing the translated versions of The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union; and what assessment they have made of the criticisms of those translations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/08/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union worked with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to translate the executive summary of the White Paper into all official EU languages and Welsh. These translations have been well received by stakeholders in Member States who have rightly engaged with the content of the UK’s proposal. As with any Government document, where any errors are noticed they are corrected.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/08/2018 13:07:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

947083

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the killing of nine human rights defenders in Colombia in the first week of July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>​We are concerned about reports of violence against human rights defenders and social activists in Colombia. Illegal armed groups are responsible for the majority of these attacks. In response, I welcome the recent commitment by both President Santos and President-elect Duque to new special protective measures for social leaders, especially in rural areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2018 15:18:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins