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385336

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 June (HL540), whether they plan to make such assessments in future; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Although data regarding claimant nationality is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems, Universal Credit will record such data, when EEA nationals are able to claim. The Department has no plans to make specific assessments regarding Polish nationals when such data becomes available. However, we will continue to monitor EEA nationals’ access to benefits more generally.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has made clear that further steps are needed to reform welfare to reduce the incentives which have led to mass immigration from the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 06/07/2015 11:59:13 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

751984

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	West Bank: Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to monitor the effectiveness of grants given to those charities that have a turnover of less than £250,000 per year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>All grants managed by the Office for Civil Society are consistent with the Government Grants Minimum Standards, which provide guidance on effective grant monitoring. All payments to grantees are subject to the satisfactory and timely completion of monitoring reports that set out the use of funds to date as well as progress against pre-agreed milestones, outputs and outcomes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 25/07/2017 10:29:11 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

528858

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Charities: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to implement health education as a compulsory part of the PSHE curriculum, inspected by Ofsted, from age five to 18, in the light of the recommendation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health's <i>Inquiry Report into NHS England's Five Year Forward View: Behaviour Change, Information and Signposting</i> published in March 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>All schools are required to teach a balanced and broadly based curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils, and prepares them for adult life.</p><p>The national curriculum focuses on the essential knowledge children need so that teachers can design a wider school curriculum that is responsive to the needs of their pupils. This teaching can include a range of topics that fall under PSHE, such as health education and health awareness.</p><p>To help schools plan their provision, the PSHE Association has produced a suggested programme of study for schools to follow, which includes content about ‘<em>Health and Wellbeing’.</em></p><p>Ofsted do not inspect individual curriculum subjects. Instead, the framework enables important aspects of PSHE to be considered in a proportionate and integrated way, linked to the core inspection areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 05/07/2016 13:40:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

65827

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure that school pupils have access to books.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Findings from the PISA survey (OECD, 2010) indicated that in 2009 96% of pupils in the United Kingdom were attending a school where there was a library.</p><p> </p><p>In line with our approach to giving schools in England greater freedom we believe that it should be for headteachers to decide whether and how to provide a library service for their pupils. We do not, therefore, issue guidance to schools relating to the provision of school libraries. Many headteachers recognise the role libraries play in improving young people's literacy and love of reading, and ensure that suitable library facilities are provided.</p><p> </p><p>Our new English curriculum makes clear the importance of reading widely and often. The Department for Education supports Booktrust, which runs the Read for My School competition which offers pupils access to a free online library of books, and The Reading Agency, which runs the Summer Reading Challenge, an annual event developed to stop children's reading levels dipping during the long holidays by providing book themed events in local libraries.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not commissioned research on the link between access to books and literacy, but know from earlier reports (Clark, C, Woodley, J and Lewis, F. [2011]. The Gift of Reading in 2011: Children and young people's access to books and attitudes towards reading. London: National Literacy Trust.) and (PIRLS [2012] PIRLS 2011 International Results in Reading, TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Centre: Boston) that there is a positive relationship between the number of books in the home and attainment.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL817 HL818 HL820 HL821 question first answered 14/07/2014 10:33:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1674999

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Bar Council and Law Society about the potential use of UK lawyers in Rwanda to advise on asylum claims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Following the signing of the new Treaty between the UK and Rwanda, we are continuing to work to strengthen this Partnership. We are working with the Government of Rwanda to see where any UK expertise or support would be beneficial. More details on this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 18/12/2023 18:12:42 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1469195

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) special, and (2) additional, expenditure (a) for, and (b) on behalf of, Ukraine since February has come from emergency budgets; and if those sources are now used up, where they will draw further spending from.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK has committed £394 million in aid to the current crisis in Ukraine. This will only be met from expenditure within the 0.5% ODA envelope across the financial years 2021/22 to 2024/25. No new money or emergency funding will be provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/06/2022 11:52:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1330367

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to extending the EU Settlement Scheme beyond 30 June.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>We have continued to receive and process thousands of applications a day to the EU Settlement scheme throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 5.6 million applications received and over 5 million grants of status made by 31 May 2021. Given this success we have no plans to extend the deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has invested nearly £8 million in marketing campaigns to encourage EU citizens and their family members to apply to the scheme. We recently launched a new wave of UK advertising to ensure EU citizens and their family members are aware of the deadline and know they need to apply. We are also working closely with employers, local authorities and charities to raise awareness.</p><p>In line with the Citizens’ Rights Agreements, we have made clear where a person eligible for status under the scheme has reasonable grounds for missing the 30 June 2021 deadline, they will be given a further opportunity to apply. The non-exhaustive guidance on reasonable grounds for submitting a late application was published on 1 April 2021 and includes where there are compelling practical or compassionate reasons why a person may have been unaware of the requirement to apply to the scheme by the deadline or may have failed to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/06/2021 15:34:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1175318

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	West Bank: Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make to the government of Israel about reports of a raid on a school in Deir Nizam on 19 January.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>While we have not raised this case specifically, we regularly raise our concerns with the Israeli authorities about Israel's use of force in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We have stressed the importance of the Israeli security forces providing appropriate protection to the Palestinian civilian population, in particular the need to protect children.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/02/2020 13:07:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge