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1171556

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date	16/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people (1) applied, and (2) were accepted on to, the Civil Service Fast Stream, in each of the last three years; and how many of the successful applicants had science and engineering graduate-equivalent qualifications.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Fast Stream Recruitment Summary, External Applicants Only</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>32,450</p></td><td><p>40,570</p></td><td><p>40,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which: applicants with a Science &amp; Engineering degree background</p></td><td><p>5,519</p></td><td><p>7,302</p></td><td><p>7,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science &amp; Engineering degree background applicants, % of known total</p></td><td><p>17.1%</p></td><td><p>18.5%</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appointments</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,233</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which: appointments of candidates with a Science &amp; Engineering degree background</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science &amp; Engineering degree background appointments, % of known total</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>19.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2020 16:03:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1171558

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tree Planting: Urban Areas
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 Gardiner of Kimble on 7 January (HL64), how many trees they intend to plant in towns and cities between 2020 and 2025.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises the vital role trees play in delivering social, environmental and economic benefits in and around our towns and cities. They help clean and cool the air, prevent flood risk, and support our physical and mental health.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing tree planting across the UK throughout this parliament to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025. We have not set a specific target for the number of urban trees which will be planted, but have announced a Nature for Climate Fund which will support planting in rural and urban areas.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently planting through the Urban Tree Challenge Fund, which supports planting of at least 20,000 large trees and 110,000 small trees in urban areas in England. We are also introducing a new duty on local authorities to consult local communities when considering felling street trees.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 23/01/2020 16:59:38 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1170816

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Railway: Strikes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 7 January (HL62), what assessment they have made of the impact of the South Western Railway strikes that began on 2 December 2019 on (1) schools, and (2) hospitals, in areas served by that franchise.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is concerned with the impacts these strikes are having on business and the travelling public including those travelling to work, hospitals or places of education whether as workers, patients and students or as teachers or health workers. The Government will be undertaking detailed assessments in the process of preparing Minimum Service Level legislation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 22/01/2020 14:59:12 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1170817

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Lighting: Pollution
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 levels of light pollution in the UK; whether light pollution in the UK is decreasing; and if so, at what rate.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>A range of measures are in place to ensure that light pollution is effectively managed through controls in the planning system, the statutory nuisance regime and improvements in street lighting.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made a recent assessment of overall levels of light pollution in the UK or of whether these are decreasing.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 27/01/2020 17:29:47 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1169295

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coventry University
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 benefits to Coventry University of having, in addition to the vice-chancellor, five deputy vice-chancellors, eight pro-vice-chancellors and seven assistant pro-vice-chancellors.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Effective management of a university and meeting the demands of high-quality teaching, research and delivering quality outcomes for students is a complex task. Decisions on the structure of leadership teams or the job titles within any institutional hierarchy are an issue of institutional autonomy. However, students and taxpayers all contribute to our higher education system, and rightly expect value for money. We have set up the regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to regulate the higher education sector and ensure it is delivering real value for money. Where issues with senior staff pay lead to concern, the OfS has power to carry out independent reviews of a provider’s governance to ensure that these arrangements are fit for purpose.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 14/01/2020 17:04:37 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1169296

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
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 numbers of illegal immigrants living in (1) England, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland, and (4) Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the illegal population and so we do not seek to make any official estimates.</p><p>The Government is focused on making it harder for people to enter and live in the UK illegally, whilst ensuring those who have the right to reside in the UK can do so. Exit checks introduced in April 2015 will, over time provide more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK, but the data obtained does not provide the total number of illegal migrants currently in the UK. In June 2019, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a note on measuring illegal migration.</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/measuringillegalmigrationourcurrentview/2019-06-21" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/measuringillegalmigrationourcurrentview/2019-06-21</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2020 17:30:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1169297

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Landscape Design
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all local authority planning departments are required to employ or use landscape architects when assessing new housing or commercial developments that are proposed; and if not, whether they intend to require such architects to be used.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>There is no requirement, or intention to require local planning authorities to employ or use landscape architects when assessing new development. It is for local planning authorities to decide whether this resource is required.</p><p>However, the National Planning Policy Framework does require local planning authorities to ensure they have appropriate tools and processes for assessing and improving the design of development, including access to the right skills.</p><p>We will be publishing a Planning White Paper in due course which will include measures to support resourcing and skills deficits.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/01/2020 16:40:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1169298

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Trees: Somerset
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 level of current tree cover in the South Somerset District.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Through the National Forest Inventory (NFI), Forest Research, part of the Forestry Commission, gathers data on woodland in England.</p><p> </p><p>The NFI shows that South Somerset District has approximately 6% woodland cover, which amounts to an area of 5,332 hectares.</p><p> </p><p>More details of the work carried out and information the NFI publishes can be found here: <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/about-the-nfi/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/national-forest-inventory/about-the-nfi/</a></p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 20/01/2020 15:16:35 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1169299

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Tunisia: Foreign Relations
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 present state of relations between the UK and Tunisia.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>​The UK and Tunisia have a strong relationship. The signing of the UK-Tunisia Association Agreement on 4 October, and the UK-Tunisia Investment Forum on 22 October 2019 are recent highlights of our growing bilateral co-operation. We are committed to supporting Tunisia’s political and economic reform, including through a programme of assistance worth over £12 million in 2019-2020. ​We look forward to working with the new Tunisian Government when it is formed and welcome Tunisia’s participation in the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London on 20 January.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/01/2020 16:11:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1169300

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tunisia: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) economic, and (2) security, assistance they intend to make available to Tunisia in 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>UK-Tunisia relations are close, and the UK is committed to our strong bilateral relationship with Tunisia. We share similar views on many regional and strategic issues and have good security and trade relations. We are increasing our support to help the country develop its economy and address long term challenges like youth unemployment and tackling corruption while maintaining support to help build Tunisia’s capacity to deal with the terrorist threat. In 2019/20, the UK Government’s support is higher than ever providing support to economic development, economic reform and good governance. In the past UK funding has helped support second chance school centres across Tunisia for disadvantaged youth at risk of dropping out of education; train more than 2000 teachers in English Language and core skills development; provide financial support to over 100 entrepreneurs; and train civil servants in delivering key reforms and strategic communications.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/01/2020 15:00:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten