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855438

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date	05/03/2018
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	Cyprus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which Russian oligarchs have been able to acquire Republic of Cyprus nationality, (2) the extent to which such acquisitions enable those individuals to obtain visa-free access to the European Union, (3) whether EU arrangements highlight any inequity with which the EU treats the Turkish Cypriots on the island of Cyprus, and (4) whether Brexit will enable the UK to change its policies towards the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The grant of nationality is exclusively a matter for individual states to decide in line with their law and procedures. Under EU law, any Cypriot holding a Republic of Cyprus passport enjoys equal rights of free movement in the EU, whether they are Greek or Turkish Cypriot origin. In line with the wider international community (except Turkey), the UK does not recognise the self-declared “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” as an independent state. Several UN Security Council Resolutions and other multilateral agreements also limit links between UK and the north. Our departure from the European Union does not alter our obligations in respect of such agreements. We continue to believe that a just and lasting settlement in Cyprus is the best means of resolving the difficulties caused by partition of the island.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/03/2018 17:55:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

855439

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July 2017 (HL3), 15 September 2017 (HL1448), and 13 October 2017 (HL1671), whether the Chief Electoral Officer (Northern Ireland) has completed her enquiry into the increase in proxy voting by over 500 per cent between 2010 and 2017; whether she initiated any further investigation; if so, whether that investigation involves the Police Service of Northern Ireland; when any further investigation was initiated and commenced; and when a definitive outcome is expected to be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has completed her post-election review into absent voting and has written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding the findings of this review. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p>These are operational matters for the CEO. However, I am aware that a very small number of cases were referred to the PSNI for investigation last year. The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland pass all cases of possible fraud to the PSNI however, the CEO’s review did not reveal any additional cases that warranted investigation.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 16/03/2018 11:44:19 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

855440

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of postal votes issued in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland, for each general election from 2010 to 2017; and what were the comparative (a) percentages of the total poll in each of the four UK electoral areas, and (b) percentage increases in each region, at each general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information. The data required is provided by each Returning Officer directly supplying information on postal votes to the Electoral Commission, which collates and publishes it.</p><p>The information can be found at <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/our-research/electoral-data/electoral-data-new" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/our-research/electoral-data/electoral-data-new</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/03/2018 17:40:18 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

855441

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
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 finding of the report from The Place2Be's survey of headteachers that children with mental health problems are suffering as a consequence of school environments with a paucity of mental health support staff for teachers.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL6047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Good mental health is a priority for the department. It can have a profound impact on the whole of a child’s life. Schools and colleges have an important role to play in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people by developing approaches that suit their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The department recognises that teachers are not mental health professionals and that many schools and colleges have reported having to deal with an increase in mental health problems requiring support from specialist services. The findings from Place2Be’s survey echo the findings from our Supporting Mental Health in Schools and Colleges study and Teacher Voice omnibus survey. These indicate teachers would like more information on what works in schools in promoting good mental wellbeing and better access to specialist support. That is why the government is committed to supporting schools and colleges to promote good mental wellbeing in children, to provide a supportive environment for those experiencing problems, and to secure access to more specialist help for those who need it. The Department of Health and Social Care have committed £1.4 billion for mental health services for children, young people and new mothers over the five years to 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The attached green paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’, sets out proposals to provide significant further support linked to schools, supported by over £300 million funding. These include incentivising and supporting all schools and colleges to identify and train a Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health, to deliver whole school approaches to promoting better mental health. The government will also fund new Mental Health Support Teams, to provide additional, clinically-supervised, staff trained in evidence-based interventions and to ensure schools and the NHS work together.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/03/2018 17:43:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Transforming_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_provision.pdf title Attachment 1
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

855442

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering the provision of independent mental health counselling for pupils in all secondary schools in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL6048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>We believe that schools are best placed to make decisions on the most appropriate support for their pupils, and we know that many schools already provide a valued counselling service. To support more schools to do so, the government has provided the attached guidance on delivering high quality school-based counselling.</p><p> </p><p>Our green paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’, attached, sets out proposals to provide significant further help to schools. These include the introduction of Mental Health Support Teams, which will increase the support available to pupils with emerging mental health problems. Additional funding will be provided for new professionals trained in evidence-based interventions, with supervision from expert clinicians. The teams will provide better routes into specialist NHS services for the pupils who need them.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Counselling_in_schools.pdf title Attachment 2 2 file name Transforming_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_provision.pdf title Attachment 1 question first answered 19/03/2018 17:34:51 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

855443

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any reduction in the number of (1) teachers, and (2) teaching assistants, in the secondary school sector in England since 2015; if so, by how many; and what assessment they have made of the impact of any such reductions on children's future education.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL6049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of teachers and support staff in secondary schools is provided in the School workforce in England statistical first release. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a><em>.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Full-time equivalent numbers in state funded secondary schools, November each year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Teachers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Teaching assistant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>194,300</p></td><td><p>12,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>215,200</p></td><td><p>52,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>210,900</p></td><td><p>52,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>208,200</p></td><td><p>50,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. Source - Form 618g. Figures are as at January 2000.</p><p>2. Source - Figures are taken from the School Workforce Census and are as at November.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2018 the data for November 2017 is expected to be published.</p><p> </p><p>The department makes an annual assessment of the need for new teachers through the Teacher Supply Model. The model makes use of the latest available data on the school workforce, projected growth in pupil numbers and policy changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/03/2018 17:29:27 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

855444

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
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 future prospects of children in the poorest and most deprived areas in England; and what assessment they have made of whether there has been any disproportionate loss of children's services in those areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL6050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Although children from more disadvantaged areas often do less well on average than their peers from more affluent areas, significant progress has been made in recent years. The national index measuring the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in key stage 4 narrowed by 10% overall since 2011. For key stage 2, the gap has narrowed by 10.5%. The department recently published plans to improve social mobility and support all children and young people, wherever they live, to fulfil their potential. The report, ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ was placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>Government reforms aim to create a culture in which skilled staff are able to operate in environments where strong practice is valued and developed to secure services that meet the needs of local children and families. Where children’s services are not of an acceptable standard, the government will intervene to ensure that effective improvement plans are in place and delivered at pace.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for children’s services is un-ring fenced, as part of the wider local government finance settlement. This gives local authorities the flexibility to focus on locally determined priorities and, of course, their statutory responsibilities to children. Local authorities used this flexibility to increase spending on children and young people’s services to around £9.2 billion in 2016/17. The Spending Review 2015 made more than £200 billion available to councils for local services, including children’s social care, up to 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>A range of measures are available to assess how children are faring in all areas of the country, including the most deprived. These measures include area-based statistics such as the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), progress and attainment data at key stages 2 and 4, and data on access to and success at university. The IDACI data can be found at this website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2015</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/03/2018 16:28:58 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

855445

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Diplomatic Service: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the Diplomatic Service of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in employing black and minority ethnic (BAME) persons, since the adoption in 1998 of the diversity and equality strategy, Bridges into the Future; how many BAME officers are employed in the Diplomatic Service in each grade from DS6 to SC3; and what is the total staff from all backgrounds in each of those grades.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL6051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has made good progress on the representation of staff from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds (BAME) and is on track to achieve our target of 13% BAME staff FCO-wide in 2020. The FCO's recruitment initiatives are designed to attract the widest possible range of talented staff from diverse backgrounds, including people from BAME.</p><p>The figures below include all FCO civil servants based in the UK and overseas but they do not include staff from FCO Services or locally engaged staff employed overseas. UK-Based staff are asked to provide information about their ethnicity, but supplying this data is voluntary. Although the FCO encourages staff to supply it, this is not mandatory and reporting rates vary by grade.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>BAME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>121 (87% reporting rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>117%(80.3% reporting rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>1778</p></td><td><p>189% (82.1% reporting rate)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>1302</p></td><td><p>73 (85.3% reprting rate)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SMS</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>22 (93.8% reporting rate)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/03/2018 17:40:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

855446

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that any Apprenticeship Levy underspend is retained in the areas where it is raised, in order to address local skills gaps.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL6052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to ring fence any funds for specific areas. This would prevent employers in higher demand areas that are currently developing apprenticeship programmes from accessing available funds.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with providers so that apprenticeships meet employers’ skills needs and support productivity across the country.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/03/2018 17:02:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

855448

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of shale gas and oil wells that will have been hydraulically fractured by (1) 2020, and (2) 2025.
tabling member printed	Lord Risby
uin	HL6054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Based on information provided by industry dating from 2016, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy previously estimated in 2017 that there could be around 17 wells in 2020 and 155 wells by around 2025. These figures are now considered to be out of date.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/03/2018 17:11:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	139 label Biography information for Lord Risby