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date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what financial assistance they have given to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to support them in the settlement of refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The government provides funding to local authorities participating in the VPRS. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget. The year 1 funding is a per person tariff of £8,520. The Government has committed £129m to assist with local authority costs over years 2-5 of the scheme. This will be allocated on a tariff basis over four years. Local authorities will receive £12,000 per person overall for years 2-5; tapering from £5,000 in year 2, to £3,700 in year 3, to £2,300k in year 4 and £1,000k in year 5. There will also be an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities participating in both Resettlement Programmes are responsible for securing accommodation for families prior to their arrival. Resettled families are usually reliant on benefits to meet their accommodation and other living costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL696 question first answered 25/07/2017 15:15:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

525115

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date	14/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sources of funding are available for students on two-year masters courses, and whether they have plans to increase the size of government-backed loans to cover the tuition fees for courses of longer than one year.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The new master’s loan for postgraduate study of up to £10,000 will be available to eligible students studying on master’s courses from Academic Year 2016/17, including eligible master’s courses that last two years. This loan has been designed to provide a contribution to costs for students and the £10,000 maximum will apply to all eligible courses regardless of course length.</p><p>We have no current plans to offer larger loans for students on longer courses.</p><p>Other sources of finance for students include:</p><ul><li>Professional Career Development Loans of between £300 and £10,000 are bank loans and are available to eligible students for postgraduate study. Further information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/career-development-loans/overview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/career-development-loans/overview</a>.</li><li>Some charities, foundations and trusts award partial funding for postgraduate study. Further information is available at: <a href="http://www.prospects.ac.uk/charities_foundations_and_trusts.htm" target="_blank">http://www.prospects.ac.uk/charities_foundations_and_trusts.htm</a>.</li><li>Information is also available on a wide range of scholarships. Further information is available at <a href="http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/</a></li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 27/06/2016 12:22:13 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

384487

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date	22/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Conflict Resolution: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made toward establishing a senior defence working group on gender, as set out in the United Kingdom National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>A senior-level steering board on Women, Peace, and Security (and related issues) has been established within the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/06/2015 15:22:11 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

64615

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date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Elizabeth Truss MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare, that "our 15 year-olds are up to three years behind their peers in the top-performing countries in reading and mathematics", what action they propose to address this.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education believes that improving the quality of teaching in literacy and numeracy is crucial to building the foundation for future study and work. The Government has revised the national curriculum and set more rigorous and challenging content in English and mathematics to match the highest performing countries around the world. The new programmes of study for English and maths will challenge pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market.</p><p> </p><p>The new maths GCSE will have more content, be more challenging and – alongside English - will be double weighted in school performance tables. The Department has recently allocated £11 million to fund <del class="ministerial">over</del> 32 new maths hubs to support a more challenging maths GCSE to improve the quality of maths education. This initiative, which includes a teacher exchange programme with Shanghai, will enable every school and college in England, from early years to the post-16 sector, to access locally-tailored support in all areas of maths teaching and learning.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum for English places a greater emphasis on reading and requires pupils to study a range of books, poems and plays.</p><p>The national curriculum for English will give teachers greater flexibility and freedom which will help to raise standards and expectations for all pupils. It has been significantly slimmed down and will free up teachers to use their professional judgement to design curricula that meet the needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The new English language GCSE will place greater demands on pupils and has more emphasis on those skills demanded by employers. The new English literature GCSE will build on this foundation, and encourage students to read, write and think critically.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/07/2014 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 8669 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk