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797251

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date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Bath: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ministers and the Higher Education Funding Council for England plan to investigate the decision-making process at the University of Bath which led to an "exit package" being paid to the Vice-Chancellor; what was the total value of that package; and whether they consider this was consistent with the proper and efficient use of public funds.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL3683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government expects the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to look into issues related to value for money with regard to English higher education institutions. HEFCE has investigated the governance process at the University of Bath which led to the Vice-Chancellor being awarded their most recent salary increase. On the 20 November 2017 it published a report, containing recommendations relating to that governance process. The university has agreed to respond to those recommendations by 15 December 2017.</p><p>Separately, the university’s governing body has agreed the retirement arrangements for the Vice-Chancellor. The university issued a press release on 28 November, confirming the details of the exit package.</p><p>We understand that HEFCE is currently considering whether it should investigate the governance processes concerned with the Vice-Chancellor’s retirement.</p><p>The government’s determination to ensure that students and the taxpayer receive value for money from the higher education sector underpin the reforms we are making through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. The Office for Students (OfS) will become the regulator for the sector in 2018. The OfS has a statutory duty to have regard to the need to promote value for money in the provision of higher education by English higher education providers.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 12/12/2017 12:13:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

797252

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they received from Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group, or their subsidiaries, prior to the publication of their Command Paper Connecting people: a strategic vision for rail (Cm 9519) on 29 November concerning the East Coast franchise; and whether they will publish those representations, including notes of meetings and conversations between ministers, officials and executives at Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group, or their subsidiaries.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL3684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>We regularly meet and work closely with all our franchisees and their owning groups. Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group are no exceptions.</p><p> </p><p>We are in discussions with Virgin-Stagecoach to ensure the needs of passengers and taxpayers will be met in the short term whilst laying the foundations to bring forward the reforms in full under a long-term competitively procured contract.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/12/2017 12:46:02 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

797253

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend NHS England's new Starting Well: A Smile4Life Initiative beyond the 13 areas in which it is initially being dleivered.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL3685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s Starting Well programme will work in 13 high needs areas to reach children most at risk of tooth decay who are not currently seeing a dentist. Alongside this, NHS England is also developing a complementary Starting Well Core offer, a commissioning approach designed to facilitate increased access and early preventive care for young children.</p><p> </p><p>The offer will be made available in 2018, with NHS England commissioners making local decisions on use based on their assessment of need locally.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/12/2017 12:46:52 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

797255

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Sales Promotions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to limit the availability of high sugar products (1) in supermarket price promotions, and (2) at the point of sale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL3687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Key measures in our world-leading childhood obesity plan, launched in August 2016, include the soft drinks industry levy and sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, which will encourage the food and drink industry to reduce the amount of sugar in products popular with children.</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring of progress by Public Health England (PHE) towards achieving the 20% sugar reduction by 2020 will be achieved through the use of sales weighted average sugar levels and reviewing changes in product sales towards lower or no added sugar products. If businesses over-promote high sugar products, they will be less likely to achieve the sales weighted average sugar level per 100 grams for the 20% reduction.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will publish a detailed assessment of progress against delivering the 5% sugar reduction for the first year of the programme in March 2018. We will use this to determine whether sufficient progress has been made and whether alternative levers need to be considered.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/12/2017 12:48:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

797256

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publiish the next Child Dental Health Survey.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL3688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The national Child Dental Health Surveys are undertaken every 10 years and the next survey is due to be undertaken in 2023. The last survey for England, Wales and Northern Ireland took place in 2013 and the findings were published in March 2015. A copy of the <em>Children’s Dental Health Survey 2013: </em><em>Executive Summary</em> is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/12/2017 12:46:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name Childrens Dental Health Survey 2013-Executive Summary.pdf title Children's Dental Health Survey 2013
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

797257

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the next Adult Dental Health Survey.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL3689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken yet on the timing of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 12/12/2017 12:47:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

797259

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Agriculture: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to (1) devise, and (2) introduce, a qualification in agriculture at (a) GCSE, and (b) A-Level.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL3691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has introduced a number of recent changes to GCSEs and A levels in England that will affect schools in the coming years. We know that extensive changes need time to settle in to schools, and that school leaders will want stability to bring in the new qualifications. Therefore, at the present time, there are no plans to introduce any further GCSEs or A levels beyond those to which the government has already committed.</p><p> </p><p>There are vocational qualifications currently available in this subject, such as City &amp; Guilds Level 2 Technical Certificate in Agriculture and IMI Level 3 Extended Diploma in Land-based Engineering Technology (VRQ<em>)</em>. As part of our reforms to technical education, we are establishing a common framework of 15 technical education routes that encompass all employment-based and college-based training. The Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care route will be rolled out in September 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/12/2017 17:41:37 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

797260

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rights of Way
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the law relating to public rights of way that go through (1) private homes and gardens, and (2) working farmyards, in relation to cases in which privacy, safety or security is an issue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL3692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We are working towards implementing a package of reforms to the policy and legislative framework governing public rights of way. The package includes measures that we believe will help people who are experiencing problems with rights of way that cross their property. We have already undertaken to review these measures two years after implementation to evaluate how well they are working.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress has been made on drafting the various required statutory instruments and guidance, working with the Stakeholder Working Group who developed the recommendations for reform. We intend to implement all the reforms in one go as a complete package, but I am not yet in a position at present to say precisely when.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/12/2017 11:56:55 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

797261

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Marines: Plymouth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make any changes to the size and location of the Royal Marine garrisons in Plymouth.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL3693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Service's Structural Rebalancing Plan earlier this year, 200 Royal Marines positions will be reassigned to the wider Royal Navy by 2020.</p><p>As announced in November 2016, the Ministry of Defence intends to dispose of Royal Marines Stonehouse in 2023 and The Royal Citadel in 2024, and re-provide for Units from them in the Plymouth and Torpoint area. Exact locations are subject to on-going assessment. Parliament and staff within the impacted Units will be informed when a decision on reprovision has been made.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/12/2017 15:31:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

797262

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Littoral Warfare
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 contributions of (1) HMS Albion, and (2) HMS Bulwark, to the UK’s overall amphibious capability; and whether they intend to decommission either vessel.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL3694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review stated that one of the Royal Navy's two Landing Platform Docks would in future be placed at low readiness while the other is held at very high readiness for operations. HMS ALBION and HMS BULWARK have, accordingly, alternated in the low and high readiness profile since 2010. HMS ALBION recently exited her five-year period of low readiness following a successful regeneration programme and is now undertaking operational sea training.</p><p>On current plans, the decommissioning dates for HMS ALBION and HMS BULWARK are 2033 and 2034 respectively. Speculation about the potential outcome of the National Security Capability Review is exactly that: speculation.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 06/12/2017 15:36:36 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley