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1056451

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Royal Albert Hall
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate that the Attorney General will give his definitive ruling on the points of law arising from the case of the Royal Albert Hall and the Charity Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL13508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Last year the Charity Commission wrote to the Attorney General requesting his consent to refer five questions to the First-Tier Tribunal concerning the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences – i.e. the Royal Albert Hall, which is a registered charity. While the Charity Commission has the power to refer questions to the Tribunal, it may only do so with the consent of the Attorney General, as set out in section 325 of the Charities Act 2011.</p><p> </p><p>This is a complex case involving the application of modern day charity law to an organisation established over 150 years ago. Before making an assessment as to whether consent should be given to the Commission’s request, both the Corporation and the Commission were invited to make further representations to the Attorney General’s Office. It is important that these are considered carefully, taking into account all relevant factors. While it is not possible to provide an exact estimate as to when a decision will be made, the matter is being given careful thought with a view to reaching a decision as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/02/2019 13:57:05 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1056452

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	English Language: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, published in March 2018, when they expect to announce the results of the consultation on methods of improving English language skills.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL13509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>On 9 February we published the Government Response to the Integrated Communities Green Paper and an accompanying Action Plan. The new Integrated Communities Action Plan will drive forward work across government to create socially and economically stronger, more confident and integrated communities. In the Action Plan we commit to a new Cross-Government National English Language Strategy for Autumn 2019. We will engage widely with the sector to help shape its content.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/02/2019 15:52:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1047573

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Government Bills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce further Law Commission bills; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL13066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government values and supports the important work the Law Commission undertake to improve the statute book. The introduction of new Bills will be announced in the usual manner.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/02/2019 17:42:37 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042973

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Community Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a single ministerial post for integrating communities and civil engagement; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government is responsible for communities and integration and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society is responsible for the Office for Civil Society.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/01/2019 16:40:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042974

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently training to be teachers specialising in citizenship.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The annual Initial Teacher Training Census provides data on the number of trainee teachers recruited each year in which citizenship trainees are included in the ‘Other’ subject category.[1]</p><p>Analysis of the underlying data shows that in the academic year 2018/19, 37 postgraduate trainees began training in citizenship.[2]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Of the 385 trainees included in the ‘Other’ subject category some are listed as belonging to a particular subject such as citizenship, dance or economics in the underlying data. Out of these trainees, 146 do not belong to any of the available subject categories and are listed as other in the underlying data, it is not known if any of these are citizenship trainees.</p><p>[2] Figures for 2018/19 are provisional and subject to change. Data were extracted on 19 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/01/2019 15:53:24 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042975

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a specialist leader of education category for the teaching of citizenship; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Following the government’s commitment, set out in our response to the Lords Select Committee report ‘The Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century’, the introduction of specialist leaders of education in citizenship was announced earlier this month.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 31/01/2019 14:16:36 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042976

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to distinguish between the teaching of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and the teaching of citizenship in the national curriculum.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>All state schools must offer a curriculum that is broad and balanced and that prepares pupils for the opportunities and responsibilities of later life. The department does not, however, stipulate how schools should organise themselves to best deliver their curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have a duty to support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils and support the promotion of fundamental British values. Ofsted is currently consulting on proposals for a new inspection framework that has a strong emphasis on schools providing a broad and balanced curriculum for all their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Citizenship is in the national curriculum at key stages 3 and 4 and provides pupils with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to be informed, active and engaged citizens. The citizenship programme of study, introduced in September 2014, allows schools the freedom to use their professional judgement and an understanding of their pupils to develop the right approach for teaching in their schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Personal, social, health and economic education is a non-statutory subject in maintained schools although most schools teach it. Whilst it is not part of the national curriculum, schools are encouraged to teach it as part of their duty to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. It is compulsory in independent schools.</p><p> </p><p>The government is making relationships education compulsory in all primary schools, relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools and health education compulsory in all state-funded schools. We recently consulted on draft guidance for these subjects and this included a statement to note that these new subjects should complement, rather than duplicate, what is already taught through the national curriculum. We expect to lay the regulations, and accompanying draft guidance, in spring 2019 for debate and vote in Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 31/01/2019 17:20:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1042977

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Teaching Methods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of different methods of teaching English and their effectiveness.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The department does not make assessments of the methods employed by schools to teach English. Schools are free to decide on the most appropriate teaching methods and practices, depending on their pupils’ needs. We strongly encourage them to use teaching methods based on sound evidence. For example, the Education Endowment Foundation publishes robust evidence on effective pedagogic practice, for example its Teaching and Learning Toolkit, which is used by around 6 out of 10 teachers in senior leadership positions when deciding which approaches to adopt to improve teaching.</p><p>When it comes to the teaching of reading, the national curriculum requires the systematic teaching of phonics. There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that systematic phonics is a highly effective method for teaching early reading. The department has invested £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support local schools in developing their teaching practice, with a focus on systematic phonics. We are also funding 6 Phonics Partnerships and a series of Phonics Roadshows, to spread good practice and improve phonics teaching.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 28/01/2019 11:40:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1036892

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Insurance: Foreign Nationals
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 difference between (1) the number of National Insurance numbers issued to non-UK nationals, and (2) total immigration to the UK in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Hodgson,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking what assessment has been made of the difference between (1) the number of National Insurance numbers issued to non-UK nationals, and (2) total immigration to the UK in the last five years<strong> (HL12534)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes migration statistics and in 2016, looked at the differences between long term international migration (LTIM) figures and the allocation of national insurance numbers (NINos) to EU nationals and published papers about their findings[1]and the next steps[2].</p><p>The LTIM estimates produced by ONS are in line with the United Nations definition of a long-term migrant; intending to stay for at least 12 months. NINos are issued to people who come to the UK to work or look for work, regardless of the length of stay. NINos may therefore include short-term migrants (those entering the UK for less than 12 months) who will not be included in LTIM estimates. LTIM estimates will include people (such as students) who come to the UK for reasons other than work and don’t register for a NINo, so are not included in NINo data.</p><p>Further publications about improving the evidence[3] and the migration statistics transformation programme[4] include further information about how ONS is developing the evidence base on migration. Understanding the differences between data sources is an important part of our analysis within that programme and ONS will report further in due course.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>John Pullinger</strong></p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/methodologies/differencesbetweeninternationalpassengersurveyandnationalinsurancenumberstatisticsasshowninthemigrationstatisticsquarterlyreport" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/methodologies/differencesbetweeninternationalpassengersurveyandnationalinsurancenumberstatisticsasshowninthemigrationstatisticsquarterlyreport</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/noteonthedifferencebetweennationalinsurancenumberregistrationsandtheestimateoflongterminternationalmigration/2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/noteonthedifferencebetweennationalinsurancenumberregistrationsandtheestimateoflongterminternationalmigration/2016</a></p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/internationalmigrationdataandanalysisimprovingtheevidence/february2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/internationalmigrationdataandanalysisimprovingtheevidence/february2017</a></p><p>[4]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/migrationstatisticstransformationupdate/2018-05-24" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/migrationstatisticstransformationupdate/2018-05-24</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/01/2019 17:35:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1029624

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of National Insurance numbers issued to individuals with dates of birth before (1) 1940, (2) 1950, and (3) 1960 are now inactive.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL12510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 07/01/2019 13:18:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts