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1175137

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when the Department for Education expects to award the contract for "an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system” which was intended to start on 1 April 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The department is in the process of tendering for &quot;an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system”.</p><p>Our intention remains to award this contract in March 2020 for the service to start on 1 April 2020. It is not the responsibility of the department to determine whether Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) applies. However, it is the responsibility of the department to ensure that, where TUPE may apply, relevant information is made available to all suppliers.</p><p>Following a request by a potential bidder, the tendering deadline was extended to allow bidders time to factor TUPE information into their bids. The department will work with any winning bidder and the existing provider to ensure the service is not interrupted.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL566 HL567 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:30:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1175138

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government why a decision was taken to delay the tender process for the contract for "an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system” to share Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) information with all bidders when the Invitation to Tender document had specifically stated that consideration of the application of TUPE was not a matter of direct concern to the Department for Education and that it was the responsibility of tenderers to consider whether TUPE applies in the circumstances of this contract and tender accordingly.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The department is in the process of tendering for &quot;an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system”.</p><p>Our intention remains to award this contract in March 2020 for the service to start on 1 April 2020. It is not the responsibility of the department to determine whether Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) applies. However, it is the responsibility of the department to ensure that, where TUPE may apply, relevant information is made available to all suppliers.</p><p>Following a request by a potential bidder, the tendering deadline was extended to allow bidders time to factor TUPE information into their bids. The department will work with any winning bidder and the existing provider to ensure the service is not interrupted.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL564 HL567 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:30:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1175139

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what measures the Department for Education are taking to ensure that information and advice services for families, including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system, are provided without interruption over the next six months.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The department is in the process of tendering for &quot;an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system”.</p><p>Our intention remains to award this contract in March 2020 for the service to start on 1 April 2020. It is not the responsibility of the department to determine whether Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) applies. However, it is the responsibility of the department to ensure that, where TUPE may apply, relevant information is made available to all suppliers.</p><p>Following a request by a potential bidder, the tendering deadline was extended to allow bidders time to factor TUPE information into their bids. The department will work with any winning bidder and the existing provider to ensure the service is not interrupted.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL564 HL566 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:30:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1156571

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of third sector organisations currently receiving funding from the Department for Education have had (1) firm, and (2) indicative, funding allocations for 2020–21.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Departmental budget allocations for 2020-21 were announced in September 2019. The Department for Education is currently undertaking a business planning and financial planning exercise to allocate resources across the department. Organisations receiving funding from the department will be notified of intended funding arrangements once this exercise has concluded.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2019 17:24:21 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1156572

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Rights Group: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future funding of the Family Rights Group; whether they intend to announce those plans; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The department’s grant funding to the Family Rights Group for running the Family and Friends Helpline, which supports Kinship Carers, ends on 31 March 2020. The Treasury has now allocated budgets for 2020-21 only. The department will conduct any necessary procurement work for grants and contracts in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2019 17:44:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1012112

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Security
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 Agnew of Oulton on 5 November (HL1078), when they anticipate the public consultation on revised school security guidance to commence; and whether the revised guidance will specifically address the issue of school premises coming under attack.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL11639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The department published its draft school security guidance and launched a public consultation on 26 November 2018 which will run until 18 February 2019. Both documents are attached.</p><p>The draft guidance sets out the importance of having policies in place and plans to identify, manage and respond to a range of security incidents, including preparing for an attack on school premises.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL11639_School_security_draft_non-statutory_guidance.pdf title HL11639_School_security_non-statutory_guidance 2 file name HL11639_School_security_government_consultation.pdf title HL11639_School_security_government_consultation question first answered 30/11/2018 14:28:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

993350

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Security
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 Agnew of Oulton on 3 April (HL6450), what progress they have made in the production of revised school security guidance.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL10878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education will launch a formal public consultation on revised school security guidance shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/11/2018 12:28:34 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

895031

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Education are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL7396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>There are no current contracts previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Education that are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 14/05/2018 10:51:07 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

885874

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Department for Education's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL6974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The amount of data hosted in the UK in the department’s on-premises’ datacentres is estimated to be approximately 60%.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of data hosted overseas in Microsoft Azure datacentres in the European Economic Area is estimated to be approximately 40%.</p><p> </p><p>We have included the operating systems and back up data in these estimates, which are based on the best information available at this time.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 01/05/2018 16:45:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

867243

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 February (HL Deb, col 2072), when the Department for Education's review of its health, safety and school security advice will be completed; whether in reviewing its guidance it will consult the Community Security Trust; whether it will advise schools to consult counter-terrorism security advisers; and if so, whether police forces are adequately resourced to provide such advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL6450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The department is currently reviewing the health, safety and school security advice it provides to schools, with the intention of publishing revised school security guidance later this year. As part of the review, departmental officials are consulting with a range of government departments, agencies and other stakeholders, including the Community Security Trust.</p><p>We anticipate that new guidance will signpost schools to the specialist advice on protective security that is already provided to them, through a range of mechanisms, including by specialist police Counter-Terrorism Security Advisors who operate in every police region. It will also reference advice from other sources, including the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 03/04/2018 13:43:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey