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1691883

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs schools were rated by Ofsted as (1) outstanding, (2) good, (3) requires improvement, and (4) inadequate, at the end of 2023; and how many private equity owned schools were in each of those categories.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.</p><p>The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.</p><p>Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.</p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2772 HL2774 HL2811 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:53:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1524827

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Low Incomes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, given waiting times for NHS treatment have reached a record 6.8 million, what plans they have to provide additional support to low-income earners to enable them to fund private healthcare.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to do so. However, the National Health Service is working with independent sector providers to maximise the capacity available for NHS patients and reduce waiting times.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 03/11/2022 16:33:08 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1356398

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Horizon Europe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date they applied to join the Horizon Europe programme; on what date the application was accepted; what were the reasons for the delay to the start of the UK’s participation in the programme; and what assessment they have made of the effects of that delay on research institutions in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK and the EU agreed the terms for our association to Horizon Europe under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).</p><p> </p><p>As the underpinning EU legislation was not yet adopted when the TCA was agreed, this was accompanied by a Joint Declaration on Participation in Union Programmes and Access to Programme Services, which set out the parties’ intention to formalise our participation at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Now that the EU legislation underpinning the Horizon Europe programme is in force, the UK stands ready to formalise our participation.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/09/2021 11:16:25 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1186708

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are giving to live music venues, retailers and recording studios on whether they should close due to COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>On 23 March the Government stepped up measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. To reduce social contact, the Government has ordered businesses and venues to close, except those with exemptions. With regard to music venue exemptions, small group performances for the purposes of live streaming could be permissible where Public Health England guidelines are observed, and no audience members attend the venue.</p><p>Further social distancing measures have also been enacted with the banning of all mass gatherings.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 27/04/2020 10:53:31 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

781992

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they have determined the level of funding available to existing training providers from non-levy apprenticeship funds; whether there is a cap on such funding for individual training providers; if so, how that cap is determined; whether (1) the level of funding available, and (2) the cap, have been changed from previously announced plans; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Providers of services to employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy are funded through existing contract extensions, covering the period from May to December 2017.</p><p>The overall level of funding for new apprenticeship starts made available during this period was based on forecasts of demand. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) determined individual providers’ allocation on their historical delivery to all employers and an estimate of the proportion of that delivery which related to non-levy paying employers.</p><p>The ESFA set a minimum threshold allocation value of £3,000. There is no cap for individual training providers. However, public contracting regulations set a limit on the value of an individual providers’ contract extension relative to the value of their original contract.</p><p>In July and October, there were opportunities for providers to bid for additional funding above their non-levy allocations to take account of growth in demand.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/11/2017 17:39:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622452

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the cost of accepting unaccompanied child refugees into the UK to date; and what provision has been made to meet the cost of an increase in the number of qualified children being accepted into the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>In response to the French Government’s decision to close the camp in Calais, we have transferred over 200 asylum-seeking children to the UK, and we plan to transfer several hundred more children over the coming days and weeks.</p><p>Between 1 January and 1 October, over 140 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Europe were accepted for transfer to the UK under the family reunion provisions of the Dublin Regulation, of which over 80 are from France. This is in addition to our efforts in Calais.</p><p>Almost 3,000 people have been granted humanitarian protection under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme since it began. In the year ending June 2016, almost 50% of those were children.</p><p>There were 3,472 asylum claims from unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the year ending June 2016, a 54% rise compared to the year ending June 2015.</p><p>We continue to consult with every part of the UK including the devolved administrations, to encourage local authorities across the country to accept unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children under the National Transfer Scheme.</p><p>In July 2016, we increased the national rate of funding to local authorities taking responsibility for unaccompanied asylum seeking children; from £34,675 to £41,610 a year for those aged under 16 and from £25,915 to £33,215 a year for those aged 16 or 17. These rates were set following analysis of the costs of providing support to the two age groups based on financial information supplied by local authorities. We will keep these arrangements under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2769 HL2770 HL2771 HL2772 question first answered 15/11/2016 14:50:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

422448

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a health impact assessment of the reductions in, and freezes to, alcohol duties announced in the last Budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the alcohol duty change in the Tax Information and Impact Notes published alongside the March 2015 Budget document. Budget documentation is available in the Printed Paper Office.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 03/11/2015 16:47:38 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

147369

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran regarding Rasoul Abdollahi, imprisoned in Iran because of his religious beliefs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text We remain deeply concerned by the detention and ill treatment of all prisoners of conscience in Iran, and the ongoing discrimination against Christians and other minority religious groups. We have not raised this individual case with the Iranian government. However, we have called for the Iranian government to end the persecution of individuals on the basis of their faith, most recently at Iran’s Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights at the UN on 31 October. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/11/2014 16:30:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge