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819318

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date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to increase (1) the availability, and (2) the take-up, of part-time apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>In May 2017 we amended apprenticeships funding rules (attached) to allow more flexibility in working arrangements. The new rules place emphasis on ensuring apprentices have enough hours in their working week to undertake sufficient and regular training and on-the-job activity, rather than being overly prescriptive on the number of hours apprentices must work. If the circumstances for a particular learner mean they are unable to undertake an apprenticeship in full-time hours (30 hours or more per week), the employer and training provider can structure the apprenticeship with fewer weekly hours and a longer overall duration to ensure all of the necessary training and assessment can be carried out.</p><p>The department is undertaking a range of ongoing communications and engagement activity to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships. A new phase of our communications campaign starts in early 2018 to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities and to promote these to potential apprentices. This will build on the National Apprenticeship Service’s ongoing engagement and communications activity to increase awareness and promote benefits of apprenticeships among employers and learners.</p><p>The government will continue to work with employers to ensure that the apprenticeships funding system meets employers’ skills needs.</p><p>We meet regularly with employers and providers to get feedback on the new funding system, introduced in May 2017, including through the Apprenticeships Stakeholder Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4525 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:58:36 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4524 Attachment Apprencticeship Funding Rules and Guidance for Employers 11.01.18.pdf title Apprenticeship funding: rules and guidance for emp
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

819319

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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 how they intend to consult with employers and other stakeholders regarding the flexibility that apprenticeship levy payers have in spending their apprenticeship vouchers.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>In May 2017 we amended apprenticeships funding rules (attached) to allow more flexibility in working arrangements. The new rules place emphasis on ensuring apprentices have enough hours in their working week to undertake sufficient and regular training and on-the-job activity, rather than being overly prescriptive on the number of hours apprentices must work. If the circumstances for a particular learner mean they are unable to undertake an apprenticeship in full-time hours (30 hours or more per week), the employer and training provider can structure the apprenticeship with fewer weekly hours and a longer overall duration to ensure all of the necessary training and assessment can be carried out.</p><p>The department is undertaking a range of ongoing communications and engagement activity to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships. A new phase of our communications campaign starts in early 2018 to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities and to promote these to potential apprentices. This will build on the National Apprenticeship Service’s ongoing engagement and communications activity to increase awareness and promote benefits of apprenticeships among employers and learners.</p><p>The government will continue to work with employers to ensure that the apprenticeships funding system meets employers’ skills needs.</p><p>We meet regularly with employers and providers to get feedback on the new funding system, introduced in May 2017, including through the Apprenticeships Stakeholder Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4524 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:58:36 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4524 Attachment Apprencticeship Funding Rules and Guidance for Employers 11.01.18.pdf title Apprenticeship funding: rules and guidance for emp
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

819320

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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 plan to review the current cap of 10 per cent on the proportion of apprenticeship levy funds that can be transferred by levy-paying employers to other employers; and if so, when the results of such a review will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This planned change has come about through listening to employers concerns about increased flexibility in this area. We want to introduce transfers in a gradual and well-managed way, allowing levy payers to benefit from added flexibility whilst protecting the integrity and affordability of the programme and the interests of non-levied employers. We will carefully monitor the implementation of transfers after April 2018, including how the 10% limit is working.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/01/2018 17:30:25 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

819321

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Egypt: Capital Punishment
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 rise of death sentences and executions being used to combat alleged terrorism in Egypt.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The executions of 15 men on 26 December 2017 and four men on 2 January 2018 in Egypt are deeply concerning. It is a longstanding policy of the British Government to oppose the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. We continue to raise our human rights concerns with the Egyptian authorities and we encourage Egypt to restrict the application of the death penalty in line with the minimum standards set out in the EU Guidelines on the Death Penalty of 2008 and the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Arab Charter on Human Rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4528 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:11:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

819322

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Egypt: Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to the government of Egypt that there should be a moratorium on all death sentences in Egypt, especially in cases where confessions have been obtained through torture.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The executions of 15 men on 26 December 2017 and four men on 2 January 2018 in Egypt are deeply concerning. It is a longstanding policy of the British Government to oppose the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. We continue to raise our human rights concerns with the Egyptian authorities and we encourage Egypt to restrict the application of the death penalty in line with the minimum standards set out in the EU Guidelines on the Death Penalty of 2008 and the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Arab Charter on Human Rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4527 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:11:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

819323

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Egypt: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any recent representations to the government of Egypt regarding human rights and rule of law.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to see more political freedoms and better protection of human rights in Egypt. The Foreign Secretary and the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa have consistently raised this with our Egyptian counterparts. Mr Burt raised our human rights concerns, including those relating to media freedoms and restrictions on civil society, with Foreign Minister Shoukry and Interior Minister Ghaffar, during his visit to Egypt in August 2017. The Foreign Secretary last discussed human rights with Foreign Minister Shoukry in October 2017, when he raised the case of detained human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally. The Foreign Secretary also emphasised the importance of a free and open society when he met President Sisi during his visit to Cairo in February 2017. Egypt is an FCO Human Rights Priority Country and the UK regularly raises concerns about human rights in Egypt at the UN’s Human Rights Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/01/2018 17:16:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

819324

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	East Africa: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of financial support for (1) Ethiopia, (2) Sudan, and (3) Somalia, in the past three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The amount of direct bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) the UK has provided in the last three years is set out in the table below:</p><p>Table: UK bilateral ODA to Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia <sup>1</sup></p><p>£ million.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. All figures rounded to the nearest million</p><p>Source: Statistics on International Development 2017</p><p>ODA is a measure of official resource flows (aid) to developing countries that promotes the economic benefit and welfare of developing countries as the main objective.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/01/2018 17:37:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

819326

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Ethiopia: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of UK funding being spent on masters of science degrees for security officials in Ethiopia.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), the British Government funds an MSc in Security Sector Management run in Ethiopia by Cranfield University. The MSc is designed to support regional capacity in Peace Support Operations activity and is attended by students from across the region, including six (of 28) Ethiopians. This programme began in 2017 and the first Annual Review will be conducted in April, in line with standard timings for CSSF programmes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/01/2018 17:13:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

819327

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Ethiopia: Political Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage the government of Ethiopia to free political prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We welcome the recent announcement by the Ethiopian Prime Minister on reforms to open up political dialogue, including the planned release of some imprisoned politicians. The British Government is in close contact with the Ethiopian authorities to seek more information on what this will mean in practice, including for British nationals currently imprisoned in Ethiopia. The UK has repeatedly raised human rights concerns with the Ethiopian government, including around the arrest and imprisonment of people for their political views.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/01/2018 12:31:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

819328

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
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 use by the CPS of the phrase “insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” in cases where there is no evidence at all against the accused; and what guidance they have given, or intend to give, to the CPS in respect of such use.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) sets out the general principles Crown prosecutors must follow when they make decisions on cases.</p><p>The full Code test has two stages. Crown prosecutors must be satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction against each suspect or defendant on each charge. If the case does pass the evidential stage, Crown prosecutors must proceed to the second stage and decide if a prosecution is needed in the public interest.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has adopted the wording recommended in the 2016 report of Sir Richard Henriques for public announcements of decisions not to charge an individual, namely that “the case failed to meet the evidential test”. That terminology is not a comment on the strength or weakness of the evidence in any particular case.</p><p>The test applied by prosecutors continues to be that set out in the Code.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/01/2018 16:55:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra