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date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students are currently living in on-campus accommodation at (1) colleges and (2) universities; of these, how many are (a) UK students (b) EU students, and (c) non-EU international students; how many are minors; and whether those students are housed in adequately maintained conditions and have access to the basic facilities they require.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>As both my right hon. Friends, the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have made clear, the government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID-19.</p><p>Statistics on the numbers of further and higher education (HE) students resident in on-campus accommodation following 23 March’s lockdown are not held centrally.</p><p>However, Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data show that approximately 360,000 students at UK higher education institutions in 2018/19 were resident in provider-maintained property, including some 117,000 international students, of which 31,000 were from the EU.</p><p>Levels of current occupancy of accommodation vary widely between different institutions with those students still resident likely to include care leavers, students estranged from their families and international students for whom there is no alternative accommodation easily available or who are not able to get home because of travel restrictions.</p><p>HE providers have been asked to aim to ensure staff (catering, cleaning and laundry staff, for instance) are available to support on halls management. Counselling staff should also be available to support on isolating students’ mental health. This support could be provided virtually.</p><p>We have worked to improve joint continuity planning between HE providers and Local Resilience Forums to consider how to ensure availability of supply of food and medicines.</p><p>College campus accommodation where children are resident is inspected by Ofsted against national minimum standards. The inspections are conducted on an age basis and include international students.</p><p>Ofsted holds a record of ratings for further education accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 19/05/2020 11:07:15 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

795040

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with how many countries have they agreed to seek to establish a bilateral tariff-free trade agreement following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>We are talking to a number of countries about future trading options, including Free Trade Agreements. We are also using instruments like Joint Trade Reviews, a collaborative in-depth analysis into the mutual trading relationship between the UK and a partner country; to look for areas we can improve our bilateral trading relationships.</p><p>We will aim through these discussions to put in place various mechanisms to improve trading relations and remove barriers affecting UK businesses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/12/2017 13:00:35 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

646571

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 16 November (HL Deb, col 1417) concerning the pilot project being undertaken by the Department of Health and the Department for Education on a single point of contact in schools for mental health issues, what criteria will be used to assess whether the scheme should be rolled out further, and which stakeholders will be consulted.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Good mental health and wellbeing is a key priority for this Department. We have high aspirations for all children and want them to be able to fulfil their potential both academically and in terms of their mental wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and the Department for Education provided £3million to the joint training pilot to train single points of contact in schools and specialist mental health services in 22 pilot areas, across 27 Clinical Commissioning Groups, and 255 schools. The scope of the pilot was to test improvements in joint working between school settings and specialist mental health services to develop and maintain effective local referral routes to specialist services to ensure that children and young people have timely access to specialist support where required; improvements in local knowledge and identification of mental health issues; and to test the concept of a lead contact in schools and specialist mental health services and how different areas chose to put it onto practice.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot commenced in November 2015 in: Bedfordshire, Birmingham, Brighton and Hove, Camden, Chiltern, East and North Hertfordshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Salford, Sheffield, Somerset, South Cheshire, Sunderland, Tameside and Glossop, Tower Hamlets, Walsall, Waltham Forest, West Hampshire and Wigan. It is being independently evaluated. The evaluation findings should be available in spring 2017 and will provide an assessment of the effectiveness of its design and implementation, including success factors for engaging schools and other key stakeholders, and challenges and lessons learned from setting up the pilot, its sustainability and potential for wider rollout. The evaluation will also look at the extent to which the pilot resulted in improvements, including in joint working practices between, and the timeliness and appropriateness of referrals from, schools to specialist mental health services; as well as any wider cultural and systems improvements.</p><p> </p><p>We have already shared some of the emerging practice from the pilot through national events, to inform local planning. We will use the formal evaluation findings to determine whether there is value in further roll out of specific training or models of single point of contact, and whether further testing is required of any aspects.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3588 HL3589 question first answered 12/12/2016 17:16:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

428867

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have issued any guidance on the circumstances in which an individual should be imprisoned for defaulting on their council tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>In June 2013, DCLG issued 'Guidance to Local Councils on Good Practice in the Collection of Council Tax Arrears'. The document (attached) provides guidance to local authorities on enforcement and clearly sets out the Government’s position. It is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdfhttps:/www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdf</a></p><br /><p>Collection and enforcement of unpaid council tax is a matter for local authorities. They are best placed to consider the circumstances of the taxpayer who has fallen into arrears and to decide what action to take.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/11/2015 16:37:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151124 Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears HL 3590 (2).pdf title Guidance to Local Council on good practice
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

169100

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the harmony rules for RAF personnel serving in the new F35B squadrons will be brought into line with their Royal Navy equivalents.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>RAF personnel serving in the new F35B squadrons will follow RAF harmony guidelines. They will not be brought into line with their Navy equivalents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/12/2014 15:05:20 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead