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671893

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date	11/01/2017
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	Burundi: Diplomatic Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for a permanent representative in Burundi.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office operates a permanent British Embassy Office in the Burundian capital Bujumbura. The non-resident British Ambassador to Burundi is based in Kigali, Rwanda.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/01/2017 14:51:01 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

671894

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Insolvency: EU Law
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 impact on the UK economy of the non-applicability of the European Insolvency Regulation following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Departments are undertaking analysis to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the EU will have on businesses and consumers. This analysis will include engagement with as many organisations, companies and institutions as possible. This will allow the Government to understand the impact that withdrawal from the EU will have on businesses and consumers, and to seize the opportunities of leaving the EU.</p><p>The Government remains committed to making Britain the best place in Europe to own and grow a business. That includes supporting those businesses that trade with the EU and wider international markets, as well as continuing to encourage record foreign direct investment that supports business and communities up and down the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 12:11:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

671895

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Insolvency: EU Law
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 impact of the non-applicability of the European Insolvency Regulation following the UK's withdrawal from the EU on the ability of insolvency practitioners in EU countries to work on cross-border insolvencies in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Departments are undertaking analysis to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the EU will have on businesses and consumers. This analysis will include engagement with as many organisations, companies and institutions as possible. This will allow the Government to understand the impact that withdrawal from the EU will have on businesses and consumers, and to seize the opportunities of leaving the EU.</p><p>As my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister said, we want British companies to have the maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the Single Market – and to let European businesses to do the same here.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 12:11:09 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

671896

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Accountancy: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they are having with professional accountancy bodies to explore the case for the continued applicability of the Statutory Audit Directive and the Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications following the UK's withdrawal from the EU, enabling qualified UK auditors and chartered accountants to work in other EU member states, with a view to including this issue in negotiations with the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy meet regularly with representatives of the statutory audit and chartered accountancy professions. The Government is engaging with businesses from a range of sectors to understand their key concerns in order to secure the best possible deal as part of our future relationship with Europe.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 15:36:21 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

671897

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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 what action they are taking to ensure that schools are places where children feel free and safe to learn and grow; and how they intend to ensure that schools are not subject to overt or indirect pressure to play an active role in the operation and policing of immigration policies.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL4566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>All schools are bound by requirements of the Equalities Act 2010. The Act makes it unlawful for the responsible body of a school to discriminate against, harass or victimise a pupil or potential pupil:</p><ul><li>in relation to admissions,</li><li>in the way it provides education for pupils,</li><li>in the way it provides pupils access to any benefit, facility or service, or</li><li>by excluding a pupil or subjecting them to any other detriment.</li></ul><p>Further information on schools’ responsibilities under the Equalities Act is attached.</p><p>The school an individual child attends will hold information about that child which will be used by the school to help ensure the child receives the best possible education. Every term the school is required, by law, to send some of this data to the Department for Education (DfE) via the school census. This process has been in place for more than 10 years and the information is used to provide a clear picture of how the school system is working, at local and national level. It helps us to make sure we are allocating funds where they are needed and that no groups of children are missing out on the education they deserve.</p><p>This year we also asked schools for additional information on pupil nationality and country of birth as well as data on proficiency in English. The return of nationality and country of birth data is completely optional and parents are under no obligation to provide it if they don’t want to. These new data items on nationality, country of birth, and English proficiency will not be passed to the Home Office, or anyone else. They are solely for the Department for Education to use for research.</p><p>Separately, where the police or Home Office have clear evidence that a child may be at risk or there is evidence of criminal activity, including illegal immigration, limited data including a pupil’s address and school details may be requested from the Department for Education. It is right that we share this data if it helps to keep a child safe from harm or to prevent a crime. This does not include nationality and country of birth information recently introduced into school census. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the DfE and the Home Office, which is available in the house library, sets out how this process works and the data which is shared.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/02/2017 15:04:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Advice_on_the_Equality_Act.pdf title Advice_on_the_Equality_Act
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

671898

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking, in the context of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, to ensure that the rights and interest of the child are paramount, especially when the immigration status of their parents is uncertain or precarious.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL4567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 ensures that the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children is taken into account in carrying out immigration, asylum and nationality functions. This reflects the UK’s support for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3 of which requires the best interests of the child to be a primary consideration in actions that concern them. The Home Office underpins the primary legislation with provisions in the Immigration Rules and with policy and guidance for specific immigration functions affecting children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2017 15:02:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

671899

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Personal Records
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Education has undertaken to provide personal data of pupils, including their names, addresses, recent addresses, school addresses and attendance records, to the Home Office specifically for immigration enforcement purposes; and, what steps are they taking to ensure that the collection and transfer of such data do not encourage stigmatisation or racial profiling.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL4568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The data in the National Pupil Database helps give us a clear picture of how the school system is working. We take privacy extremely seriously and access to sensitive data is strictly controlled. Allowing vetted researchers and academics access to excerpts of this data under strictly controlled conditions, can help the development and improvement of our education system for the benefit of all.</p><p> </p><p>As has always been the case, where the police or Home Office have clear evidence that a child may be at risk or there is evidence of criminal activity, including illegal immigration, limited data including a pupil’s address and school details may be requested from the National Pupil Database. It is right that we share this data if it helps to keep a child safe from harm or to prevent a crime. This does not include nationality and country of birth information recently introduced into school census, which is not placed into the National Pupil Database.</p><p> </p><p>The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the DfE and the Home Office sets out how this process works and the data which is shared. A copy of the MoU between the Home Office and the DfE, which covers the sharing of limited information between those parties, is available in the house library.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/01/2017 14:19:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

671900

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Headteachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many secondary schools in England are presently without a head teacher; and what action they are taking to improve the recruitment and retention of head teachers.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The latest published data shows that in November 2015, 0.3% of secondary schools in England had a vacant head teacher post.</p><p>The Government recognises that excellent leadership, together with high-quality teaching, is essential to improving pupil outcomes, thereby improving social mobility. We are committed to ensuring that there is a supply of high quality leaders in our schools and, whilst the recruitment and retention of head teachers is primarily a matter for governing bodies, we are supporting the system to develop and train the next generation of strong leaders and build leadership capacity.</p><p>To do this, we have introduced a variety of measures, including: funding targeted programmes that aim to bolster the leadership pipeline where need is greatest, such as the High Potential Middle and Senior Leaders programmes; reforming the National Professional Qualifications for school leadership to set out the skills and knowledge needed to prepare leaders more effectively for the full range of leadership roles in the new schools system, and introducing new arrangements for leadership pay in 2014 to give schools greater flexibility to attract and retain strong leadership teams.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/01/2017 16:20:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

671901

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include a provision in the sale agreement of the Green Investment Bank to require a clawback of all, or a significant part, of any disposal proceeds, and whether they intend to publish at the time of the sale the scale of such disposals they anticipate.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Details of the sale negotiations are commercially confidential.</p><p>Government will provide a full report to Parliament once a sale is completed which will set out the details of the sale and how our objectives (including value for money) were met.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 12:20:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

671902

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will advise them on the acceptability of the proceeds to be achieved by the sale of the Green Investment Bank; and what is the process by which the Secretary of State will establish his view on value after receiving this advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) is being led by UK Government Investments, with advice from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Herbert Smith Freehills. GIB and their advisors (UBS and Slaughter and May) are also providing significant and closely coordinated support.</p><p>The Government is following the National Audit Office’s recommendations on asset sales in carrying out the sale of shares in GIB, as set out in the document “Green Investment Bank: sale of shares” laid before Parliament on 3 March 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 12:19:53 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners