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1421507

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date	09/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: CCTV
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 national security implications of government departments using Chinese-made surveillance cameras and technology; and what assessment they have made of the use of such cameras by (1) local councils, (2) schools, and (3) NHS trusts.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not government policy to comment on the security arrangements of government buildings. Specific details regarding the use of security systems by public bodies are withheld on national security grounds.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 21/02/2022 16:54:46 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1421508

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: CCTV
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence has made any use of (1) Dahua Technology, and (2) Hikvision, cameras.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Governments, it is not Defence policy to comment on our security arrangements on national security grounds (including details on which products or services are used).</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/02/2022 14:05:02 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1421509

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	History: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to adopt the Council of Europe's recommendation to "include the history of Roma and Travellers in school curricula and teaching materials", published in their list of recommendations on 1 July 2020; and what plans they have to make the teaching mandatory and educate those unaware of the genocide of the Roma population in the Holocaust.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The history curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom to use specific examples from history to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world.</p><p>Gypsy, Roma and Travellers’ history can already be taught as part of schools offering a broad and balanced curriculum. Resources are available from experts in the communities themselves and bodies such as the Historical Association.</p><p>As part of Holocaust education, which is the only compulsory topic in the history curriculum at key stage 3, a wide array of resources are available to help teachers explain the persecution by the Nazis of different groups of people. The Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz programme and the knowledge and training provided by University College London’s Centre for Holocaust Education include information and resources to support an understanding of the Holocaust and the Nazis’ persecution of other non-Jewish groups, including the genocide of the Roma.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 23/02/2022 11:57:56 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1421510

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the levels of student absenteeism in secondary schools in England for each week in the current academic year.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL6112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes official absence figures on a termly basis. There is no equivalent available on a weekly basis. However, data is published on pupil on-site attendance in schools and COVID-19-related absences split by phase of education. Data since the start of the academic year can be found on the ‘Explore education statistics’ GOV.UK page here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/explore-education-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/explore-education-statistics</a>.</p><p>In the attached file, overall on-site attendance and COVID-19-related absence for secondary schools is provided. Figures are given for the Thursday of each week (excluding holiday dates) since the start of the academic year in line with figures published in the fortnightly publication, ‘Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 23/02/2022 13:50:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL6112_Overall_Attendance_and_COVID-19_Absences final version.pdf title HL6112_table
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1421511

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Secondary Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which state secondary schools have been selected to take part in the Department for Education pilot scheme to extend the teaching of Latin.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL6113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The department intends to run a Latin Excellence Programme, commencing in September 2022 with the objective of improving pupils’ attainment via increased access to, and uptake of, GCSE in Latin, whilst contributing to pupils’ broader Classics education. State-funded schools in England teaching key stage 3 and key stage 4 pupils rated either Good or Outstanding by Ofsted and with an EBacc entry of or above the national entry rate (40%) will be eligible to apply for the programme. The procurement process for this programme is still ongoing, therefore no state secondary schools have yet been able to apply to take part in the programme. The application process to join the programme is expected to be announced soon.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 23/02/2022 11:25:55 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1421512

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 55 Education Investment Areas have surplus school places.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL6114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes school place planning estimates as part of the school capacity official statistics publication, available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>.</p><p>This contains estimates of future school place shortfalls and surpluses. This data was last published in May 2019 and covered the place planning estimates for mainstream school places in year groups from reception to year 11. The department will be publishing updated school capacity official statistics at the end of March 2022.</p><p>Identification of forecast need is carried out at planning area level. This means that within a local authority there may be planning areas forecasting a surplus and others forecasting a need for additional places. Based on the data published in May 2019, an estimated 53,000 primary places and 77,000 secondary places were needed across England to meet demand for academic year 2023/24. Around 17,000 of these primary places and 25,000 of these secondary places are in Education Investment Areas.</p><p>The need for places will be an important consideration in determining whether new free schools will be approved and opened. The department will set out more details on the future free school programme in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6115 question first answered 23/02/2022 11:51:34 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1421513

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, if there are surplus school places available in the Education Investment Areas, new specialist sixth form free schools will be allowed to be established there.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes school place planning estimates as part of the school capacity official statistics publication, available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>.</p><p>This contains estimates of future school place shortfalls and surpluses. This data was last published in May 2019 and covered the place planning estimates for mainstream school places in year groups from reception to year 11. The department will be publishing updated school capacity official statistics at the end of March 2022.</p><p>Identification of forecast need is carried out at planning area level. This means that within a local authority there may be planning areas forecasting a surplus and others forecasting a need for additional places. Based on the data published in May 2019, an estimated 53,000 primary places and 77,000 secondary places were needed across England to meet demand for academic year 2023/24. Around 17,000 of these primary places and 25,000 of these secondary places are in Education Investment Areas.</p><p>The need for places will be an important consideration in determining whether new free schools will be approved and opened. The department will set out more details on the future free school programme in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6114 question first answered 23/02/2022 11:51:34 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1421514

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Directors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the Board of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education have themselves undertaken an apprenticeship.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL6116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, to write to my noble Friend and a copy of this reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses when it is available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 23/02/2022 11:26:38 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1421515

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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	UK Endorsement Board
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Guardian article ‘Standards board “looks like a cabal”’, published on 7 February, which person in the Financial Reporting Council is the Accounting Officer responsible for making disbursements on behalf of the UK Endorsement Board; and whether disbursements will be suspended pending an investigation by the National Audit Office into the Board’s activities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL6117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Endorsement Board is an unincorporated association and is not subject to audit by the National Audit Office. The Board is subject to Financial Reporting Council (FRC) oversight in respect of its governance and due process. In setting its budget, the UKEB consults with the FRC and follows the FRC’s budgeting processes. The FRC is subject to audits from the National Audit Office.</p><p> </p><p>The FRC’s Chief Executive and Accounting Officer is the UK Endorsement Board’s Accounting Officer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6118 question first answered 17/02/2022 11:59:21 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1421516

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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	UK Endorsement Board
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Guardian article ‘Standards board “looks like a cabal”’, published on 7 February, whether the National Audit Office has given any opinion on the funding model for the UK Endorsement Board.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL6118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Endorsement Board is an unincorporated association and is not subject to audit by the National Audit Office. The Board is subject to Financial Reporting Council (FRC) oversight in respect of its governance and due process. In setting its budget, the UKEB consults with the FRC and follows the FRC’s budgeting processes. The FRC is subject to audits from the National Audit Office.</p><p> </p><p>The FRC’s Chief Executive and Accounting Officer is the UK Endorsement Board’s Accounting Officer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6117 question first answered 17/02/2022 11:59:21 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted